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Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada

Costa Rican politician
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Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada is a Costa Rican politician who served as president of Costa Rica from 2018 to 2022. He is a novelist and previously served as the minister of labor in the government of Luis Guillermo Solís.12

Alvarado Quesada won the presidency in a runoff election in April 2018, defeating Fabricio Alvarado Muñóz. His administration faced economic challenges, including a growing national debt exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, his government's proposed austerity measures, including tax increases and salary reductions for some government employees, led to widespread protests. The government eventually rescinded this plan, pausing fiscal reform.2

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