Laura Chinchilla won the general election in Costa Rica and will be the fifth Latin American female president when she takes office in May. Photograph: Mayela Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
"Costa Ricans have elected their first female president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation.
"With most of the votes from Sunday's election counted, Laura Chinchilla held a 22-point lead over her closest rival. Her 47% share of the vote was well beyond the 40% needed to avoid a run-off.
"The 50-year-old protegé of the current president, Nobel peace prize laureate Óscar Arias, promised to pursue the same economic policies that recently brought the country into a trade pact with the US and opened commerce with China."
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