FILE PHOTO: Costa Rica's president-elect Rodrigo Chaves holds a news conference where he said his government will improve a financial assistance program agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in San Jose, Costa Rica April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mayela Lopez/File Photo
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's president-elect Rodrigo Chaves and his defeated rival, former President Jose Maria Figueres, pledged unity after meeting on Tuesday, following an often tempestuous campaign ahead of last Sunday's election.
Anti-establishment economist Chaves, a former World Bank official, won the run-off election against Figueres, who had campaigned as an experienced political insider.
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