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El Salvador's Bukele Visit to Costa Rica Stirs Political Controversy

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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele traveled to Costa Rica during the final stretch of that country's presidential campaign, triggering a political tiff

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The famous and controversial Center for Confining Terrorism (Cecot) of El Salvador is replicating in Costa Rica, in a reduced version and adapted to the laws of the country.

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The Salvadoran president, populist Nayib Bukele, arrived in Costa Rica on Tuesday for an official visit during which he will place the first stone of a high security prison inspired by the model he has set up in El Salvador to fight the gangs. The visit has generated controversy because Bukele makes it in the middle of the Costa Rican electoral campaign. The Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica has warned the president that he cannot interfere …

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The Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, inaugurated on Monday in Costa Rica the works of a prison inspired by his megaprison for gang members, a project of the Costa Rican right to retain power in the elections of February 1.Bukele's presence stirred up the campaign, as the opposition denounced that it was used by President Rodrigo Chaves to boost his candidate Laura Fernández, who leads the polls with hard-won promises against growing insecurit…

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The Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, arrived on Tuesday, January 13 in Costa Rica on an official visit in which he will add the first stone of a prison inspired by the model implemented by him in El Salvador to fight the gangs, a trip that generated controversy for doing so in the middle of the electoral campaign. Bukele [...] The Bukele entry arrives in Costa Rica to add the first stone of a prison inspired by the Cecot was first published i…

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El Mundo CR broke the news in on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.
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