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With 25 candidates, Costa Rica's election up for grabs
Read full article: With 25 candidates, Costa Rica's election up for grabsCosta Ricans head into national elections Sunday facing a dizzying array of 25 candidates for president, no dominant issue to drive turnout and nearly one-third of those intending to vote saying they have no clear idea of who their selection will be.
Nicaragua's Ortega leads in vote tally after jailing rivals
Read full article: Nicaragua's Ortega leads in vote tally after jailing rivalsA day after questioned elections, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government has set about painting as a historic democratic victory what many of the world’s democracies condemned as a sham.
Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meet
Read full article: Racism, climate and divisions top UN agenda as leaders meetRacism, the climate crisis and the world’s worsening divisions will take center stage at the U_N_ meeting of world leaders, a day after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a grim warning that “we are on the edge of an abyss.”.
US urging Central America to tackle poverty, corruption
Read full article: US urging Central America to tackle poverty, corruptionU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is trying to entice Central American nations to tackle the corruption and poverty that have helped drive a surge of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border and presented an early challenge for the Biden administration.