The Latest Breaking News from Rodrigo Chaves

Costa Rica Newspaper Says US Revoked Visas After Reporting on President Chaves' Sexual Harassment Allegations

La Nación reported in 2021 that the World Bank had sanctioned Chaves over a "pattern of unwanted inappropriate behavior" when he worked for the institution

Latin Times · May 6

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

Leading newspaper La Nación calls US’s barring of board members ‘indirect attack on press freedom’

The Guardian - UK · May 6

Costa Rica strikes deal to accept third country deportees from US

Central American country to receive up to 25 migrants a week expelled as part of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The Guardian - US · Apr 2

Honduras, US discuss immigration, security after tense start to relations under Trump administration

Honduras President Xiomara Castro and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discuss immigration and border security during their first meeting

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025

Another Country Embraces El Salvador's Hardline Approach To Crime With New Mega-Prison

Costa Rica plans to expand its maximum-security capacity from 80 to 1,000 inmates and begin construction of a $35 million prison inspired by El Salvador's model.

Latin Times · May 5, 2025

Costa Rica looks to El Salvador's gang crackdown for path to stopping violence

Costa Rica’s security minister has begun a visit to El Salvador to study the measures it has taken to reduce violence caused by its powerful street gangs

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2025

U.S. Deportees Taken To Panama Jungle Camp: 'It Looks Like a Zoo'

The migrants were being kept in a hotel, prevented from going out, and later relocated. "There are fenced cages," a deportee said

Latin Times · Feb 20, 2025

Costa Rica Gears Up To Receive U.S. Deportees From Asian Countries As a Way To Help Its 'Economically Powerful Brother From The North'

135 people will land in the Central American country. About half of them are minors

Latin Times · Feb 20, 2025

Costa Rica Will Become The Latest Nation To Receive U.S. Deportees From Third Countries

The Trump administration has started sending nationals of countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa

Latin Times · Feb 19, 2025

Rubio Asks If Aid Groups 'Sabotaging' Projects Over US Fund Freeze

Secretary of State Marco Rubio alleged Tuesday that some aid groups may have intentionally sabotaged projects to make a point after he froze most US assistance.

International Business Times · Feb 4, 2025