(23 Sep 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Jose, Costa Rica – 22 September 2025
1. Exterior of legislative assembly
2. Various of media walking into assembly
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Glen Ash, content creator:
"For me personally it’s of course a political show. Besides being a show, it’s a way for those power groups that have been entrenched in this country for years to get back at each other."
4. Various of Costa Rica legislators debating
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Liz Fortich, Colombian tourist:
"For me, it’s super important to set a precedent for future generations. That plays a very important role."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Jose, Costa Rica – 22 August 2025
6. Various of President of Rodrigo Chaves sitting at table
7. Various of President of Rodrigo Chaves speaking to supporters, supporters
STORYLINE:
Costa Rica’s congress debated Monday whether to strip a sitting president of his immunity for the first time in the Central American nation’s history because of corruption allegations.
Prosecutors allege that President Rodrigo Chaves pressured a video producer who had been awarded a contract by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration to give a portion of that money to a former campaign adviser.
Chaves has denied any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a politically motivated prosecution.
The country’s Supreme Court and a panel of three lawmakers have already allowed the case to proceed to Monday’s expected vote by the unicameral Legislative Assembly.
But it will require a supermajority – 38 of 57 deputies – for Chaves to lose his immunity.
That outcome is far from assured.
Some opposition lawmakers have already said they will not support lifting the president’s immunity.
Combined with members of Chaves’ Social Democratic Progress Party, those supporting his prosecution may fall short of the necessary votes.
If the effort founders, Chaves would be allowed to finish his presidency next May.
His party’s presidential candidate for the next election, Laura Fernández, has already said she would ask him to be part of her Cabinet, giving him another four years of immunity from prosecution.
AP video by Berny Araya
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