Costa Ricans vote on outgoing president’s conservative populist program

Government

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican voters choose Sunday between continuing the policies of outgoing conservative populist Rodrigo Chaves by electing his selected successor or giving a new chance to parties seeking to shed a self-serving, establishment image. The historically peaceful Central American nation’s crime surge in recent years could be a deciding factor for many voters. Some fault Chaves’ presidency for failing to bring those rates down, while many see his confrontational style