“Elections results in Costa Rica have put Laura Chinchilla on course to be the country’s first woman president. Initial results from Sunday’s vote gave her an almost unassailable lead and the main opposition contender, Otton Solis, has conceded.” [Link]

“Pre-election polls gave a nearly 20-point lead to Laura Chinchilla, who served as vice president under current President Oscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and free-market enthusiast.” [Link]