Ariel Robles

Andrés Ariel Robles Barrantes (born 18 August 1991) is a Costa Rican politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. A member of the Broad Front, he represented San José from May 2022 to April 2026.

Early life Robles was born on 18 August 1991 in San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica. He was educated at the Liceo Aeropuerto Jerusalén, Pérez Zeledón.

Career Robles was an assistant at the National University's regional campus in Brunca from 2015 to 2016, working on the Promoting Community Social Capital and Indigenous Safeguarding projects. He was the Broad Front's presidential candidate in the 2026 general election. Robles's platform included placing police forces where they should be, in order to stop drug smuggling into Costa Rica; increasing education funding; and reinstating technical standards of therapeutic abortions to protect women's lives. At the election on 1 February 2026 Robles came fourth after receiving 3.76% of the votes.