The Wall Street Journal uses the election of conservative Laura Fernandez to be Costa Rica's new president as the news "hook" for a discussion of conservatives winning elections across Latin America. The article is echoed on msn.com, making it available outside the WSJ paywall.
Hondurans late last year elected right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura, whom Trump publicly supported. Chileans in December voted in conservative Jose Antonio Kast.
Bolivia in October ended two decades of socialist rule with the election of President Rodrigo Paz. And Argentina's libertarian leader, Javier Milei, cemented his hold on power in a crucial in a crucial midterm election in October.
A right-wing candidate is expected to win Peru's presidential election in April, polls show. Conservatives are also vying for power in elections later this year in Brazil and Colombia, which are ruled by left-wing presidents.
Also mentioned favorably is El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, a hard-liner known for jailing thousands of violent criminal gang members, more or less permanently.
