Costa Rica's leading newspaper, La Nación, says the U.S. State Department revoked the visas of five of its seven board members after years of reporting on sexual harassment allegations involving President Rodrigo Chaves, whose government has grown increasingly aligned with the Trump administration.
The newspaper alleges that most of its executives have been barred from traveling to the United States without an official explanation. In an editorial Monday, La Nación called the move "unprecedented" and said that, absent objective reasons, "only one conclusion can be drawn: Its purpose has been to punish La Nación's editorial stance."
