Christian singer faces leftist author in Costa Rica presidential runoff
Fabricio Alvarado Munoz
SAN JOSE (Reuters) -  Christian singer Fabricio Alvarado Munoz  will face a center-left fiction writer in Costa Ricaâs presidential election runoff  seeking to thwart the advance of gay rights with a victory for evangelical conservatives in the Central American nation.
The rise of  Alvarado Munoz  on a ticket fiercely opposing gay marriage was helped by the decline of a centrist two-party system that stretched back decades in a country long considered one of the most stable in Latin America.
âThereâs nothing more progressive than defending life and family â  Alvarado Munoz  said on Sunday.  He  added on Monday that no members of  his  cabinet would support gay marriage or abortion.
The telegenic writer of Christian songs such as âYour Love is Everything â won 24.9 percent of Sundayâs vote.  He  was elected to the national assembly in 2014 as the only federal deputy representing the Christian-backed National Restoration Party (PRN).
A well-known television news anchor before  he  turned to religion   Alvarado Munoz  shot to political prominence during the campaign by denouncing a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights calling on Costa Rica to give civil marriage rights to same-sex couples.
âAll the vestiges of gender ideology will be eliminated from public policy in Costa Rica â  he  said in  his  government plan.
SAN JOSE (Reuters) -   [TGT] will face a center-left fiction writer in Costa Ricaâs presidential election runoff  seeking to thwart the advance of gay rights with a victory for evangelical conservatives in the Central American nation.
The rise of   [TGT]   on a ticket fiercely opposing gay marriage was helped by the decline of a centrist two-party system that stretched back decades in a country long considered one of the most stable in Latin America.
âThereâs nothing more progressive than defending life and family â   [TGT]   said on Sunday.   [TGT]   added on Monday that no members of   [TGT]   cabinet would support gay marriage or abortion.
The telegenic writer of Christian songs such as âYour Love is Everything â won 24.9 percent of Sundayâs vote.  He  was elected to the national assembly in 2014 as the only federal deputy representing the Christian-backed National Restoration Party (PRN).
A well-known television news anchor before  he  turned to religion   Alvarado Munoz  shot to political prominence during the campaign by denouncing a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights calling on Costa Rica to give civil marriage rights to same-sex couples.
âAll the vestiges of gender ideology will be eliminated from public policy in Costa Rica â  he  said in  his  government plan.