Your guess is as good as mine. Costa Rica, two weeks out from elections, has a couple dozen presidential candidates but no clear favorite and a bevy of undecided voters. Expect a runoff.

While it's uncertain who will take the reins, a look at polls tells us what's on voters' minds in a country with a looming debt crisis, unemployment woes, and legislative stagnation. Learn more about the election and the top issues ahead of the February 6 first round.

Check out our Election Guide for more on this year’s votes. 

Habemus summit. This week, the Biden Administration finally announced the location of the delayed Ninth Summit of the Americas: Los Angeles. Much has changed since the first summit brought together hemispheric presidents in 1994, and AS/COA’s Steve Liston gets into questions about the June forum, starting with who will make the guest list.

What’s coming up in Latin America? 

• January 27: Xiomara Castro has her presidential inauguration. We covered her November victory.
• January 28: Pedro Castillo marks six months in office. Our colleagues at Americas Quarterly spoke with journalist Andrea Moncada about the Peruvian leader’s “oddly quiet start.”

THEY SAID WHAT?

• Fourteen women, pragmatic choices, and a peso boost: meet Chilean President-elect’s Gabriel Boric’s newly announced cabinet. (El País)

• Ecuador plans a 2023 consultation on reforms to its justice system. (Reuters)

• With anti-mining movements elsewhere, Argentina could become a copper hotspot again. (Bloomberg)

• How MS13 took over trash dumps in Honduras. (InSight Crime)

• The International Rescue Committees identifies Haiti, Honduras, and Venezuela as the Latin American and Caribbean countries most at risk of experiencing deteriorating humanitarian crises in 2022.