Election Update

Five days after Costa Rican voters went to the polls and proved themselves to be a divided nation, authorities say it could be weeks before official results are known in one of the closest presidential elections in the country's history.

A preliminary partial vote count released Monday afternoon showed that only a fraction of a percentage point separated the two top candidates – National Liberation Party (PLN) candidate Oscar Arias had 40.5% of the votes vs. 40.3% for Ottón Solís, of the Citizen Action Party (PAC).

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