El gobierno del bicentenario en Costa Rica. De elecciones complejas a régimen complicado
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2018-10-02
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Díaz González, José Andrés
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Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
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.En octubre de 2017, cuando inició la campaña electoral en Costa Rica, nadie hubiera previsto que el balotaje para elegir al presidente sería entre Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz, del Partido Restauración Nacional (prn), y Carlos Alvarado Quesada, del Partido Acción Ciudadana (pac), y menos aún que este último iba a ganar. Alvarado Quesada tenía en su contra los efectos del llamado “cementazo”, un caso de corrupción relacionado con el otorgamiento de préstamos irregulares por parte de bancos públicos para la importación de cemento desde China. En el caso se vieron envueltas figuras de diversos partidos, pero especialmente del pac, e incluso se cuestionó la participación del propio presidente saliente, Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera. Por eso, se pensaba que Alvarado Quesada pagaría la factura política (a pesar de no estar mezclado en el escándalo) y que no tendría posibilidades reales de alcanzar la presidencia.
In October 2017, when the Costa Rican election campaign began, no one would have predicted that the presidential runoff would be between Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz of the National Restoration Party (PRN) and Carlos Alvarado Quesada of the Citizen Action Party (PAC), much less that the latter would win. Alvarado Quesada was facing the effects of the so-called "Cementazo," a corruption case related to the granting of irregular loans by public banks for the import of cement from China. Figures from various parties, but especially from the PAC, were implicated in the case, and even the outgoing president, Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, was questioned. Therefore, it was thought that Alvarado Quesada would foot the political bill (despite not being implicated in the scandal) and that he would have no real chance of winning the presidency.
In October 2017, when the Costa Rican election campaign began, no one would have predicted that the presidential runoff would be between Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz of the National Restoration Party (PRN) and Carlos Alvarado Quesada of the Citizen Action Party (PAC), much less that the latter would win. Alvarado Quesada was facing the effects of the so-called "Cementazo," a corruption case related to the granting of irregular loans by public banks for the import of cement from China. Figures from various parties, but especially from the PAC, were implicated in the case, and even the outgoing president, Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, was questioned. Therefore, it was thought that Alvarado Quesada would foot the political bill (despite not being implicated in the scandal) and that he would have no real chance of winning the presidency.
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GOBIERNO, CAMPAÑA ELECTORAL, PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS, GOBERNABILIDAD, GOVERNMENT, ELECTION CAMPAIGN, POLITICAL PARTIES, GOVERNANCE