Solis wins Costa Rica presidential vote

A candidate who was virtually unknown just months ago was elected Costa Rica's president Sunday, becoming the first third-party member to win the highest office in decades. Luis Guillermo Solis with the moderate Citizen Action Party (PAC) soundly defeated ruling party candidate Johnny Araya in a run-off vote that followed a first round of balloting on February 2 in this Central American country. Araya dropped out of the race last month when surveys showed he had no chance of winning, but his name remained on the ballot, according to AFP.