The Costa Rican government stated on Saturday that it has suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba since March, with Havana asserting that it was never officially notified of this decision and commenting that San José is “subordinate to Washington.”
In March, Costa Rica had announced the closure of its embassy in Havana and the expulsion of Cuban diplomats from the country, with then-President Rodrigo Chávez —an ally of Donald Trump—declaring that “we must rid the hemisphere of communists.”
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Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister, Manuel Tovar, clarified on Saturday in a post on Platform X that San José has not maintained diplomatic relations with Havana since then.
Denouncing a “tyranny that for more than six decades has deprived the Cuban people of their freedom and prosperity,” Tovar—who met this week with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the United States —emphasized in a post on X that his country was “clear and unequivocal about severing diplomatic relations with the Castro regime.”
During his visit to the U.S., Tovar also told the Miami Herald that Costa Rica had severed diplomatic relations with Cuba in March, during the presidency of Rodrigo Chávez. This measure was maintained by Chávez’s successor as president, Laura Fernández.
The Cuban government claimed “no knowledge” of Costa Rica’s decision, asserting that it had never been officially notified. It even noted that San José claimed that the closure of its embassy “did not mean the severing of diplomatic relations.” “We are witnessing yet another act of subservience by the Costa Rican government to U.S. policy toward Cuba,” Havana emphasized.
Source: Proto Thema
