Jose Maria Villalta, presidential candidate from the leftist Broad Front Party, speaks to the media before a meeting with electoral observers in San Jose February 1, 2014, ahead of Sunday's elections. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's centrist ruling party front-runner seeks to fend off a leftist surge fuelled by voter resentment over government corruption scandals and rising inequality as voters in Central America's second-largest economy head to the polls on Sunday.
Centrist former San Jose Mayor Johnny Araya is leading on promises to reduce poverty, while distancing himself from President Laura Chinchilla's scandal-plagued government and painting rivals as radicals.
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