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19.03.26 - 21:45
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Costa Rica′s President Cuts Off Diplomatic Ties With Cuban Regime (ZeroHedge)
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Costa Rica's President Cuts Off Diplomatic Ties With Cuban Regime
Authored by Kimberlyh Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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.
The Costa Rican embassy in Havana, Cuba, on March 18, 2026. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images
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 not recognize the legitimacy of Cuba's Communist regime, given the mistreatment, repression, and undignified conditions endured by the inhabitants of that beautiful island,” Chaves said. “We must cleanse the hemisphere of communists.”
During Wednesday's press conference, Foreign Minister Arnoldo André Tinoco said the g...
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18.03.26 - 23:51
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US-Verbündeter Costa Rica bricht Beziehungen zu Kuba ab (DPA-AFX)
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SAN JOSÉ (dpa-AFX) - Ein enger Verbündeter der US-Regierung in Lateinamerika, das mittelamerikanische Costa Rica, bricht seine diplomatischen Beziehungen zu Kuba ab. "Die Regierung Costa Ricas erkennt die Legitimität des kommunistischen Regimes in Kuba ......
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02.02.26 - 19:30
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Conservative Hardliner Elected President Of Costa Rica (ZeroHedge)
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Conservative Hardliner Elected President Of Costa Rica
High on the minds of Costa Rican voters as they went to the polls on Sunday was undoubtedly the surge in drug-related violence across the otherwise stable Central American country, which has been a trend for the region generally.
Conservative candidate Laura Fernandez by Monday morning was able to quickly declare victory in the presidential election after early results confirmed a decisive lead, causing her nearest rival to concede. She took nearly half the vote.
via AFP
By early Monday, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal reported that ballots from 81% of polling stations had been counted, giving the Sovereign People's Party candidate 48.9% of the vote. The figure clears the 40% threshold needed to avoid a runoff, effectively ending the race in the first round.
Her closest challenger, economist Alvaro Ramos of the National Liberation Party, trailed far behind with 33%. A distant third was progressive architect and former first lady Claudia Do...
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