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Costa Rica meets its new presidential

candidates – fresh from the middle of the pack
Katherine Stanley
February 5, 2018

Fabricio (left) vs. Carlos: the two Alvarados will face off on Easter Sunday. (Archive / Courtesy Semanario Universidad)

Costa Rica is about to get to know its two freshly minted presidential candidates on a rst-
name basis – both because of the increased scrutiny each candidate will face now that a 13-
person eld has been whittled down to two, and because both candidates have the same last
name.

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Carlos Alvarado, of the Citizen Action Party, who came in second in today’s vote, and rst-
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place nisher Fabricio Alvarado, of the National Restoration Party, both addressed jubilant
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crowds as they kicked off the second phase of their campaigns: the weeks from now until
Easter Sunday, when the two candidates will face off for the presidency.

Fabricio was sixth in the CIEP-UCR poll as recently as December, and surged to the lead
following the Inter-American Human Rights Court’s ruling on gay marriage and his erce
opposition. Carlos was fth in that same poll, and surged to second in the nal days as those
famously undecided voters made up their minds.

Take a look at their respective celebrations, and read more about how it all went down here.

Carlos Madrigal embraces his wife, Claudia Dobles, during his speech. Carlos Madrigal / The Tico Times

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Fabricio Alvarado's supporters celebrate. AFP Photo / Jorge Rendon

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