Tag: José María Figueres

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Rodrigo Chaves becomes Costa Rica's President-elect

  

  Costa Rica's Supreme Electoral Court Sunday confirmed Rodrigo Chaves of the Social Democratic Progress Party had won the Presidential elections with 52.9 % of the votes, against José María Figueres' 47.11%.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 20:26 UTC

  A former president and a former finance minister reach Costa Rica's runoff

  

  Former Costa Rican President José María Figueres of the National Liberation Party (center-right) Figueres won Sunday's first round of this year's elections but failed to secure a decisive majority, due to which he will need to take on former Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves, of the Democratic Social Progress party (center) at the April 3 runoff.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 07:22 UTC

  OAS congratulates Santos and underlines the democratic process in Colombia

  

  OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, congratulated Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his re-election with an absolute majority of votes cast, which gives him a decisive popular mandate.

• Friday, June 13th 2014 - 08:23 UTC

  OAS deploys 74 observers for Colombia's presidential election second round

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM ) began the final deployment of observers ahead of the second round of the Colombian presidential election on Sunday June 15.

• Thursday, May 22nd 2014 - 00:35 UTC

  OAS deploys observers in Colombia for Sunday’s presidential election

  

  Former President of Costa Rica, José María Figueres, has begun the deployment of 64 international experts and observers in Colombia ahead of the country’s presidential election on Sunday May 25.