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Costa Rica elections: Country grapples with drug trafficking and violence

Costa Rica elections: Country grapples with drug trafficking and violence

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 Voters in Costa Rica go to the polls this Sunday as rising violence upends a country long seen as a model of peace in Central America. It abolished its army more than 70 years ago and is now grappling with a rise in organized crime and drug trafficking which is reshaping its national identity and political future. Al Jazeera’s Julia Galiano reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #CostaRica #CostaRicaElections #CentralAmerica #PeaceModel #RisingViolence #OrganizedCrime #DrugTrafficking #PoliticalFuture #NationalIdentity #CostaRicaNews #AlJazeeraEnglish
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