The Workers' Party ( es, Partido de los Trabajadores) is a

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. The party was founded on 1 May 2012 on the basis of the

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''Movement toward Socialism'' led by

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leader and lawyer Hector Monestel, and currently holds no seats in parliament nor municipal offices. It is a member of the

International Workers League – Fourth International The International Workers League (Fourth International), also known as IWLfi ( es, Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores (Cuarta Internacional) and LITci; pt, Liga Internacional dos Trabalhadores - Quarta Internacional or LIT-QI) is a Morenist ...

. Highly critical of the more moderate Broad Front (the main left-wing party of Costa Rica), it proclaims itself as a "

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and

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alternative".

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is one of its guidelines and as such it proposes the re-establishment of the

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abolished in 1838, reuniting all Central American countries in one single socialist Federation. It also defends

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and pro-LGBTI ideas. The party contested the

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with Monestel as nominee obtaining 4,897 votos (0,24%) for the presidential ticket and 12,998 votos (0.63%) for the parliamentary ticket gaining no seats. It took part in the mid-period 2016 municipal elections obtaining only 742 votes, reason why the

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disbanded the party as Costa Rica's electoral law requires a minimal of 3000 votes for a party to keep legal standing. The party had to make all the process for inscription once again starting as new, successfully registering again for the

2018 Costa Rican general election General elections were held in Costa Rica in 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly. The first round of the presidential election was held on 4 February 2018, with the two highest-ranked candidates being Christian singer an ...

nominating labor union leader and high school teacher Jhon Vega as candidate, the party received 4,060 votes and was the least voted option.

Electoral performance

Presidential

Parliamentary

References

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