Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz

Gerardo Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz (born 30 May 1974) is a Costa Rican politician, singer and undergraduate journalist who served as a Deputy in the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica representing the San José Province for the National Restoration Party from 2014 to 2017. He then founded his own party, the New Republic Party, in 2019 and became a deputy of the legislative assembly again in 2022.

Early life Alvarado was born on 30 May 1974 in San José, Costa Rica. He is the son of Gerardo Alvarado Garita and Dulce María Muñoz Gamboa. His father, Gerardo, was a singer of the Taboga Band, and he is also the cousin of Luis Alonso Naranjo, who is a vocalist for the band ESCATS. 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. His campaign gained popularity because of his opposition to an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling that required legal recognition of same-sex marriage.

On 23 October 2018 Alvarado announced his resignation to National Restoration Party and the start of a new party named New Republic. 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 Spanish party Vox that describes left-wing groups as enemies of Ibero-America involved in a "criminal project" that are "under the umbrella of the Cuban regime".

Fabricio Alvarado pledged not to raise taxes if elected president.

Electoral performance Presidential ElectionCandidateFirst roundSecond roundVotes%PositionResultVotes%PositionResult 2018 505,214 24.91% 1/ – 822,997 39.21% 2 Lost 2022 311,633 14.88% 3/ Lost

Personal life Alvarado Muñoz is a devout Evangelical Christian.