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Costa Rican president-elect to present plans for new era

President-elect Luis Guillermo Solis, whose landslide victory crushed Costa Rica’s traditional two-party system, faced huge expectations Monday as he readied a new government reflecting his promise of change. With a record of more than 1.3 million votes