US EditionEffort to strip Costa Rica President Chaves of immunity falls short in congressional vote
Costa Rica's congress voted 34-21 against removing President Rodrigo Chaves’s immunity, blocking prosecution over corruption allegations involving $32,000 in pressured funds.
- Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves survived a September 22, 2025, congressional vote to strip him of immunity in San Jose.
- The vote followed a July 1 Supreme Court decision allowing prosecutors to seek removal of Chaves's immunity over corruption allegations.
- Prosecutors accuse Chaves of pressuring a video producer to give $32,000 to his close friend, charges Chaves denied as political attacks.
- The vote failed with 34 in favor, 21 against, and two absences, four short of the 38-vote supermajority required to lift immunity.
- Chaves remains shielded by immunity while critics debate rule of law, and he cannot seek immediate re-election under current law.
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Costa Rica’s Congress Upholds President Chaves’s Immunity Amid Corruption Claims
Costa Rica’s lawmakers voted 34–21 on September 22 and kept President Rodrigo Chaves’s legal protection intact. Judges had found enough evidence in July that Chaves steered$405,000 in a public relations contract through the Central American Bank for Economic Integration so that $32,000 reached a political ally for a home down-payment. Chaves denies the allegations. The […]
Luis Diego Vargas, candidate for the second vice presidency of Natalia Díaz, with the party United Podemos (UP), left the session of the legislative plenary this Monday to not participate in the vote on the withdrawal of the immunity of President Rodrigo Chaves.Vargas, independent deputy, remained in his office at the beginning of the session and even talked on several occasions with other legislators and with members of the Legislative Assembly…
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Effort to strip Costa Rica President Chaves of immunity falls short in congressional vote
Costa Rica’s Congress has fallen short of the supermajority required to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of immunity in order to prosecute him on corruption charges.
The Legislative Assembly refused to withdraw the immunity of President Rodrigo Chaves in a vote marked by institutional tensions. In addition, they prevented him from moving forward with a trial for alleged irregularities in funds of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. The Congress of Costa Rica voted against the proposal to remove immunity from President Rodrigo Chaves, so that he could not be legally prosecuted for the alleged …
In a historic vote: Opposition fails in an attempt to remove Chaves immunity On Monday the deputies met and voted on the request to lift the immunity of the President of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves. This in order to face a trial for an alleged crime of concussion around a $405,800 contract financed by the Central American Bank of [...] The entry Parliament fails in attempt to remove immunity from President Rodrigo Chaves appears first in NODAL.
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