Costa Ricas President Cuts Off Diplomatic Ties With Cuban Regime

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves speaks to supporters at his headquarters in San José, Costa Rica, after winning a presidential runoff election, April 3, 2022. AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez, FileCosta 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.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.