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Eugenio Herrera Balharry

Political scientist, former Advisor to the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, former UNDP official, academic and researcher at the School of Political Science of the University of Costa Rica. Director of the opinion publication La Revista CR.

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A resounding victory that lays bare traditional Costa Rican politics

Costa Rica woke up with power concentrated and an opposition in ruins: the electoral result lays bare a long-denied political crisis.

Costa Rica at a crossroads: Historical certainty versus electoral volatility

Costa Rica is facing elections marked by uncertainty and the rise of political personalism, putting one of Latin America’s most stable democracies to the test amid an unprecedented scenario of volatility.