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Valeria Gonzalez, 19, votes for the first time, at the Porfiro Brenes school in Moravia, San Jose, on February 4th, 2018. Polling stations opened in Costa Rica on Sunday for the first round of the Central American country's presidential election, which is being buffeted by a debate on gay marriage.

Valeria Gonzalez, 19, votes for the first time, at the Porfiro Brenes school in Moravia, San Jose, on February 4th, 2018.

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