Right-wing candidate wins Costa Rica pres. election

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Right-wing candidate Laura Fernandez has won Costa Rica's presidential election by a landslide after promising to crack down hard on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade. At 88.43 percent of polling stations counted, Fernandez Delgado remains at the top of the presidential race with 48.51 percent of the vote, or just over 1 million ballots. The right-wing candidate is set