Costa Rica elects young, center-left progressive by a surprisingly large margin

Costa Rica’s President-elect Carlos Alvarado Quesada ran up a bigger-than-expected margin of victory in Sunday’s runoff election. The 38-year-old former minister in the outgoing government is now set to join French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as democratically elected heads of state before turning 40. Alvarado Quesada said he decided […]

Armenia elects new parliament in first vote following constitutional reform

Over 2.5 million Armenians are eligible to vote as the country elects its new one-chamber parliament, the National assembly. The poll forms part of Armenia’s transition to a parliamentary system. According to the changes adopted after the referendum in December 2015, Armenia’s current leader, president Serzh Sargsyan, will become the last president elected in a […]

DNC narrowly elects Tom Perez as new chair

REUTERS/Chris Berry ATLANTA — In an extremely close race that went to multiple rounds of balloting, former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected Saturday to head the Democratic National Committee, ending the months-long jockeying for the top spot in the Democratic Party’s election arm. Perez was elected with 235 votes, narrowly defeating Rep. Keith Ellison. South Bend, Indiana, […]