Costa Rica minister fired for attending Trump meeting without telling president
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September 24, 2026
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP)—Costa Rica’s President Laura Fernandez on Thursday fired her foreign minister for attending a meeting on Latin America’s security led by US President Donald Trump without telling her.
Fernandez said that she should have been the one to attend the meeting of Trump’s anti-cartel “Shield of the Americas” alliance in New York, and that Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar’s failure to consult her caused “great strategic damage.”
The meeting took place Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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