Laura Fernández
- 4h ago
Costa Rica opens 5,100-place mega-prison modelled on Bukele's El Salvador facility
President Laura Fernández inaugurated the CACCO on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, with first inmate transfers due at the end of October. The prison sits in the La Reforma complex outside San José and is modelled on El Salvador's CECOT.
- Sep 24
Costa Rica President Laura Fernández dismisses foreign minister over undisclosed Trump security summit
Costa Rican President Laura Fernández dismissed Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar after he attended a US-led security summit in New York without informing her, preventing her from participating in the gathering.