US EditionCosta Rica rejects legitimacy of Cuban government, orders embassy closure
Costa Rica protests Cuba's human rights abuses and repression by closing its embassy, aligning with regional shifts; about 10,000 Cuban residents remain served by consular staff, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared Cuba's government illegitimate and closed Costa Rica's embassy in Havana, ordering Cuban diplomats to withdraw from San Jose.
- Costa Rican Foreign Minister Arnoldo Andre Tinoco cited "deep concern" about the "sustained deterioration of the human rights situation on Cuba" and repression against citizens, activists and dissidents.
- This diplomatic shift mirrors Ecuador's March 4 expulsion of Cuban Ambassador Basilio Gutierrez for alleged "violent activities," establishing a regional precedent cited by Tinoco.
- The rupture severs diplomatic channels and disrupts consular services for Cuban citizens. Neither Cuba's foreign ministry nor its embassy in Costa Rica immediately responded to requests for comment.
- Costa Rica's leadership aligns with President Donald Trump, who has escalated threats against the island and imposed an energy blockade, while a longstanding U.S. embargo has pushed over 1 million people to leave.
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Costa Rica’s President Cuts Off Diplomatic Ties With Cuban Regime
Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves revealed Wednesday that his government has ceased recognizing the legitimacy of Cuba’s communist regime and ordered the Cuban embassy in San José to close. In a press conference in Peñas Blancas during the inauguration of new U.S.-donated mobile drug scanners at the northern border with Nicaragua, Chaves said the decision was a stand against the Cuban government’s oppression of its people. “Costa Rica does n…
Within a few days, two states turn away from Cuba: after Ecuador, Costa Rica is also breaking relations. The government refers to human rights, while Havana complains of a targeted US isolation strategy.
The Costa Rican government, allied with the U.S. government of President Donald Trump, has closed the country's embassy in communist-ruled Cuba. Its government "does not recognize the legitimacy of the communist regime in Cuba in view of the abuse, repression and unworthy conditions it imposes on the inhabitants of this beautiful island," said Costa Rica's right-wing President Rodrigo Chaves at a press conference in San José on Wednesday. "The h…
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The President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, ordered the closure of the Costa Rican embassy in Cuba. ...
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