Costa Rica candidate quits election bid, paves way for leftist


  • World
  • Thursday, 06 Mar 2014

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's ruling party candidate Johnny Araya on Wednesday abandoned his presidential campaign a month before a runoff, a move that appeared to guarantee victory for leftist former diplomat Luis Guillermo Solis.

Araya, of the ruling centrist National Liberation Party (PLN), said he would no longer campaign, though under the constitution his name will remain on the ballot. He said he had made the decision after polls showed him way behind Solis.

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