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ELECTION
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PLN:
40.50%
(591.769)
↑3.250
Oscar
Arias |
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PAC:
40.29%
(588.519)
Ottón
Solís |
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Stay tuned to this
channel as we will be
updating the results
continually until a
president is elected. At
the end of the voting we
will also publish the
winner of the bottle of
Ron Centenario, who
guessed which candidate
came in dead last.
Click here for photos
of election day.
They wer taken by
Jacqueline Passey and
she was so kind to give
us permission for their
use. |
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Last Minute
6:30pm
TSE Will Make
Presidential Results
Official in 15 Days
The president of the
Tribunal Supremo de
Elecciones (TSE), Óscar
Fonseca, said today that
the results of Sunday's
presidential elections
will be official in 15
days, allowing for a
manual count of all the
ballots.
11:20am
The Candidate in Last
Place
While the country is
holding it's breath for
the results of who won
the election and becomes
the next president, one
thing is sure, we know
who lost.
10:15am
Election Still a
Cliffhanger
With ony 85.445% (5.266)
of the voting station
vote counted, Oscar
Arias is hanging on with
a 5.168 vote lead over
Ottón Solís. |
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ELECTION 2006
Election
Results in Dead Heat
What was to be an easy and quick
win by the Partido Liberación
Nacional (PLN) and Oscar Arias
Sanchez over rival Partido
Acción Cuidadana (PAC) and Ottón
Solís, has become the first
close election in the history of
Costa Rica.
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Who will be the next president?
Oscar Arias or Ottón Solis? The
country waits the results of the
voting in the closest
presidential race in the history
of Costa Rica. |
Children
Elect Arias
Not
only Costa Rican adults voted
yesterday, but, also the
children. Beginning at 8am,
thousands of children were on
hand at the Museo de los Niños
to cast their vote. Of course,
the childrens vote is not
counted, but it has become an
indicator of the election
results.
Inmates
Ask the Win to Fulfill Promises
in Casting Vote
More than 5.000 inmates at Costa
Rican penintentiaries cast their
vote yesterday, with Oscar Arias
being the favourite. The inmates
who voted asked the winner,
whoever that may be, to fulfill
their promises.
Rica
Foods Says in SEC probe
Rica Foods Inc., which owns
several chicken processing
plants throughout Costa Rica, on
Monday said the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission was
investigating some of its
transactions.
Imminent Nicaragua Transport
Strike
Monday is the deadline set by
Nicaraguan transportation
workers to go on strike and
paralyze public service in
response to government´s refusal
to meet their demands for state
subsidy.
Colombia FM Visits Panama-DR
Colombian Foreign Minister
Carolina Barco is kicking off
Monday official visits to Panama
and the Dominican Republic to
talk on issues of common
interest with her respective
counterparts.
Cuba Looks
at International Economy
The 8th International Meeting of
Economists on Globalization and
Development that opens Monday in
Havana will discuss during four
days the main challenges the
world is facing today.
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