Results Show Arias Won Presidential Election
From Times Wire Reports
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former President Oscar Arias won the Feb. 5 Costa Rican presidential election by 18,167 votes, one of the country’s closest races ever.
An Associated Press tabulation indicated that Arias received 664,545 votes compared with 646,378 for Otton Solis.
Costa Rican election officials haven’t declared the winner yet, pending the resolution of election challenges.
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