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Weekly Report - 17 October 2013 (WR-13-41)
COSTA RICA: Shake-up to presidential race
Johnny Araya, the former San José mayor (1998-2001; 2003-2013), and presidential candidate for the ruling Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN), is on course to win the 2 February 2014 contest. The current frontrunner received a major boost after his chief rival, Rodolfo Hernández Gómez of the Partido Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC), quit on 9 October, days ahead of the 18 October deadline to register candidacies.
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- CHILE: Piñera addresses Chile’s energy problems
- MEXICO: Peña Nieto goes back to basics
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- PANAMA: Lavitola scandal claims an unlikely victim
- COSTA RICA: Shake-up to presidential race
- TRACKING TRENDS
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- Quotes of the week