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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oscar Lopez

US cancels visas for board of Costa Rica newspaper critical of Trump ally

Rodrigo Chaves waving and his wife smiling
Costa Rica’s president, Rodrigo Chaves, with his wife, Signe Zeicate. Since taking office, Chaves has accused La Nación of being ‘political assassins’. Photograph: Gustavo Garello/AP

The US state department has cancelled tourist visas for more than half of the board members of Costa Rica’s leading national newspaper, La Nación, which has been a critical voice against the country’s president, Rodrigo Chaves, an ally of Donald Trump.

During Chaves’s 2022 presidential campaign, La Nación published several articles documenting allegations of sexual harassment against him that had forced him out of his job at the World Bank. The paper also reported on allegations of illegal campaign financing, which Chaves denied.

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