The Social Democratic Progress Party ( es, Partido Progreso Social Democrático, PPSD or PSD) is a

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led by Rodrigo Chaves Robles and Pilar Cisneros Gallo founded in 2018.

Background

The party was created in 2018 by their founder Luz Mary Alpízar Loaiza, formerly part of New Generation Party. For the 2022 general elections, the party served as the electoral vehicle for the presidential ambitions of

Rodrigo Chaves Robles Rodrigo Alberto de Jesús Chaves Robles (; born 10 June 1961) is a Costa Rican economist and politician who has served as the 49th and current President of Costa Rica since May 2022. He was previously Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2020 during ...

, a recognized economist who worked at the

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and who was later called to be Minister of Finance in 2019, but his stay as Minister lasted very little about a year due to irreconcilable conflicts with the incumbent president

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. After this his political activism has had very harsh criticisms of the government's management, in some way being a political figure who has become the spokesperson for discontent with the PAC governments. He has also been supported by the renowned journalist and political activist Pilar Cisneros Gallo, a critic of corruption and political scandals of different governments throughout the years that she worked in Channel 7 and

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, which would end up nominated by this party as deputy for San José.

Ideology

The party's ideology expresses that they want to lower taxes but maintain sustainable social policies, while helping companies and giving benefits to farmers. It is against monopolies, promotes improvements in the prices of the basic basket products such as

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and is against unnecessary paperwork and bureaucracy in institutions. As such, it advocates reducing public spending by closing unnecessary institutions. In the social and environmental sphere, Chaves affirms that his government will seek better unemployment plans with more competitive tourism, affirms that he is not against the legalization of marijuana since it brings economic and social benefits, but he affirms that he has an unfavorable perception of the decriminalization of abortion.

Electoral performance

Presidential

Parliamentary

References

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