Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Costa Ricans Split over Gay Marriage Vote for Next President

(Version anglaise seulement)

An evangelical pastor who has capitalized on opposition to same-sex marriage was in a tight presidential race in Costa Rica on Sunday against a novelist and former cabinet minister. Fabricio Alvarado went from also-ran to leading candidate after he came out strongly against a call by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for Costa Rica to allow same-sex marriage. His opponent, Carlos Alvarado of the governing Citizen Action Party, has openly backed allowing gays to wed. Recent...

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