RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Costa Rica will need a second round on April 3, after a close first round on Sunday won by former president José María Figueres, followed by economist Rodrigo Chaves, who became the great surprise of these elections.
With 63.9% of the tables counted, Figueres, former president between 1994 and 1998, obtained 27.4% of the votes, while Chaves had 16.7%, and the evangelical preacher Fabricio Alvarado had 15.4%, according to the results of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).
Abstentionism reaches 40.7%, which would be the highest number in the country's . . .
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