Fabricio Gerardo Alvarado Muñoz (born 30 May 1974) is a
Costa Rican
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politician, singer and
undergraduate
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journalist.
Biography
He was once a deputy in the
Legislative Assembly, representing the
San José Province
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. He is also a musician, having released a number of songs in the
Christian genre.
A member of the conservative
National Restoration Party (and its only lawmaker for the
2014–2018 period) he was also the party's presidential nominee for the
2018 general election, ultimately losing to
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada (; born 14 January 1980) is a Costa Rican politician, writer, journalist and political scientist who served as the 48th president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. A member of the Citizens' Action P ...
.
According to the BBC, his campaign gained in popularity because of his opposition to
same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being Mexico, constituting ...
.
On 23 October 2018 Alvarado announced his resignation to National Restoration Party and the start of a new party named
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. His campaign is under investigation by the Ministerio Público after the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones reported that it had found three providers of services on the elections that had been paid by cash, something that is illegal in Costa Rica.
Alvarado signed the
''Madrid Charter'', a document drafted by the
far-right
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Spanish party
Vox that describes left-wing groups as enemies of
Ibero-America
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involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".
Electoral performance
Presidential
Personal life
Alvarado Muñoz is a devout
Evangelical Christian
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.
See also
*
Evangelical political parties in Latin America
References
1974 births
Living people
People from San José, Costa Rica
Costa Rican evangelicals
Costa Rican male singers
Costa Rican performers of Christian music
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
Costa Rican anti-same-sex-marriage activists
Right-wing populism in North America
Signers of the Madrid Charter
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