Oscar Arias wins Costa Rican presidential election
Mar 4
SAN JOSE
The opponent of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias conceded defeat on Friday in Costa Rica's presidential election after weeks of bickering following an extremely close vote count.
Otton Solis of the Citizen Action Party said Arias, president of Costa Rica in the late 1980s, won the Feb. 5 election.
Solis had challenged results giving Arias a narrow victory but gave up the fight after electoral authorities rejected hundreds of complaints of irregularities.
"The country needs clarity. Oscar Arias will be president as of May 8," Solis told reporters.
Arias is a moderate who supports free trade with the United States. Many in Costa Rica believe the close election victory could make it harder for him to win approval for the controversial Central America Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, with the United States.
SAN JOSE
The opponent of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias conceded defeat on Friday in Costa Rica's presidential election after weeks of bickering following an extremely close vote count.
Otton Solis of the Citizen Action Party said Arias, president of Costa Rica in the late 1980s, won the Feb. 5 election.
Solis had challenged results giving Arias a narrow victory but gave up the fight after electoral authorities rejected hundreds of complaints of irregularities.
"The country needs clarity. Oscar Arias will be president as of May 8," Solis told reporters.
Arias is a moderate who supports free trade with the United States. Many in Costa Rica believe the close election victory could make it harder for him to win approval for the controversial Central America Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, with the United States.
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