PHOTOS: Costa Ricans in the Diaspora Vote for the First Time · Global Voices
Roy Rojas

For the first time Costa Ricans living abroad are allowed to vote in a presidential election. From around the world, Costa Ricans have been using Twitter to report about their vote.
Esta vez los ticos 15,000 en el extranjero somos claves, nuestros votos pueden evitar una segunda ronda..#EleccionesCR #votoCR #vivomivoto
— carolina palma (@Carolpalma54) February 2, 2014
This time, we, the 15,000 Costa Ricans living abroad, are key, our votes might avoid a run-off.
From Costa Ricans living in Australia, the first ones to cast their vote, to the ones based in Japan, France, the United States and elsewhere, citizens are reporting about their vote with expressions full of excitement.
Stephanie reports from Washington:
#VivoMiVoto @ Washington, DC pic.twitter.com/eftYI5MXGR
— Stephanie (@stephbrealey) February 2, 2014
I live my vote in Washington, DC.
Francisco traveled from Boston to New York to exercise his right to vote.
#VivoMiVoto Francisco Delgado estudia en Boston y viajó a Nueva York para votar pic.twitter.com/qcxQh6WPiI
— ameliarueda (@ameliarueda) February 2, 2014
Francisco Delgado studies in Boston and went to New York to vote.
Also from the United States, Diego Rivera shares this picture:
Yo ya voté!! #VivoMiVoto #Voto2014 (Consulado de Costa Rica en Miami!) pic.twitter.com/FEt8Uq7Zzk
— Diego Rivera (@driverag) February 2, 2014
I already voted!!! (Consulate of Costa Rica in Miami!)
From Brussels, Silvia Muñoz and Alexander Molina celebrate their vote:
#VivoMiVoto En Bruselas, la capital administrativa de Europa, votaron Silvia Muñoz Solano y Alexander Molina López pic.twitter.com/pMW5SJa5im
— ameliarueda (@ameliarueda) February 2, 2014
In Brussels, the administrative capital of Europe, Silvia Muñoz Solano and Alexander Molina López voted.
All the way from China, a young woman from Cartago reports her vote:
#VivoMiVoto Sofía Hernández, de Cartago, votó en China. Ya la mesa de Beijing cerró la jornada (vía @maviru) pic.twitter.com/I1nFYyrKmE
— ameliarueda (@ameliarueda) February 2, 2014
Sofía Hernández, from Cartago, voted in China. The poll station in Beijing ended the day already.
And Adolfo Chaves reports from The Hague, Netherlands:
Mi voto en La Haya #EleccionesCR #VotoExteriorCR pic.twitter.com/DUETPV6GYe
— Adolfo Chaves J. (@adolfochaves) February 2, 2014
My vote in The Hague.
More pictures and reports on the hashtags #VotoExteriorCR [vote abroad Costa Rica], #EleccionesCR [election Costa Rica] and #VivoMiVoto [I live my vote].