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Costa Rica's new pro-life president
Costa Rica's first woman president is a social conservative who is ideologically against...
Costa Rica's first woman president is a social conservative who is ideologically against legalising abortion and gay marriage.
Laura Chinchilla, a member of the ruling National Liberation Party, focused her election campaign on promises to continue free market policies in the most stable Central American nation.
She amassed a 47% share of the total vote from Sunday's election - well past the 40% threshold for a run-off vote - and secured a 22 point lead over the nearest candidate.
Economic policies by current president Oscar Arias, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, have led to a trade pact between Coast Rica and the US, as well as established trading links with China.
Ms Chinchilla, 50, will take office in May, when she will become the fifth Latin American woman to become president. She said: "Today we are making history. The Costa Rican people have given me their confidence, and I will not betray it."
The Citizens Action Party candidate, Otton Solis, gained 25% of the vote but quickly conceded defeat with Libertarian rival Otto Guevara. Despite the presidential victory, it was not clear whether the National Liberation Party would secure a Congress majority.
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Abortion campaign on fourth plinth
An abortion rights campaigner has occupied the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square...
An abortion rights campaigner has occupied the empty fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square in a stunt arranged by Alliance for Choice in Northern Ireland.
Spokeswoman Goretti Horgan was originally allocated time on the plinth to campaign for women to be allowed to have abortions in Northern Ireland.
She says: "It is not fair that women from here have to travel to England for abortions, which involves taking days off work, paying for the flight and accommodation and all the other unnecessary hassle.
"For me to take the campaign to London would have involved the same hassle, so I had an idea that I would switch places with an English women in order to symbolise that we are not prepared to put up with this."
She contacted English comedian Kate Smurthwaite, who has campaigned for abortion rights all over the UK, who agreed to the subterfuge.
This despite having to produce photographic ID and proof of address to show that she was Ms Horgan.
She says: "Thankfully they were pretty busy in the office, so no-one noticed the difference, even though I had concocted a whole story as to why I had an English accent."
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