Costa Rica is latest Latin American country to see election victory for the right | Eastern NC Now

Costa Rica is now the latest in a string of rightwing election victories in Latin America.  It follows victories by the right in Argentina, Panama, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and Honduras, where the right took power from the left, and El Salvador where a president from the right won landslide reelection.

In Costa Rica, staunch conservative Laura Fernandez of the rightwing Sovereign Peoples Party won the presidency by a wide margin.  Her party also won control of congress, winning 30 of its 57 seats, up from the 8 it held going into the election.

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/costa-rica-enters-new-political-era-as-laura-fernandez-claims-presidency/

https://gatewayhispanic.com/2026/02/costa-rica-elects-laura-fernandez-as-president-first/

Meanwhile, Chile's newly elected conservative President Jose Kast, on his first visit abroad will give the principle speech at a European conference on defending freedom of expression.

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/chiles-president-to-speak-free-speech-brussels-freedom-of-expression-summit/