{"id":71023,"date":"2026-03-19T01:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/costa-rica-shutters-its-embassy-in-cuba-and-orders-diplomats-to-leave\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:11:12","slug":"costa-rica-shutters-its-embassy-in-cuba-and-orders-diplomats-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/costa-rica-shutters-its-embassy-in-cuba-and-orders-diplomats-to-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica shutters its embassy in Cuba and orders diplomats to leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba&#8217;s communist government to pull its diplomats from San Jos\u00e9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We have to clean out communists from the hemisphere,&#8221; Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared after the diplomatic rupture.<\/p>\n<p>The Cuban Embassy in the U.S. responded to the closure <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmbaCubaUS\/status\/2034370108613865525?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">by alleging<\/a> in a social media post that Costa Rica made the move &#8220;under pressure from the United States.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/18\/b8194962-488c-437c-b221-ee1e71197613\/thumbnail\/620x414\/c8da6c8e52ceec29b1c2294163209fd2\/gettyimages-2266708303.jpg#\" alt=\"Costa Rica embassy Cuba \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/18\/b8194962-488c-437c-b221-ee1e71197613\/thumbnail\/620x414\/c8da6c8e52ceec29b1c2294163209fd2\/gettyimages-2266708303.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/18\/b8194962-488c-437c-b221-ee1e71197613\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/8c78536b1377ae328c951d17e1488a51\/gettyimages-2266708303.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Costa Rican embassy is pictured in Havana, Cuba, on March 18, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                YAMIL LAGE \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Costa Rica&#8217;s leadership is allied with <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/as-trump-floats-taking-cuba-islands-president-warns-any-aggression-will-be-met-with-impregnable-resistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">President Trump<\/a><\/span>, who has recently suggested he may &#8220;take&#8221; Cuba. The island nation&#8217;s communist government has faced months of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-sell-oil-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">intense U.S. pressure<\/a><\/span> and has languished under severe energy shortages. The country\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cuba-national-energy-grid-nationwide-blackout\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">faced island-wide power blackouts<\/a><\/span>\u00a0this week, and protests were\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-mexico-cuba-oil\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">reported last week<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Costa Rican Foreign Minister Arnoldo Andre Tinoco cited &#8220;deep concern&#8221; about the &#8220;sustained deterioration of the human rights situation on Cuba, as well as the increase in acts of repression against citizens, activists and dissidents.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have made the decision to proceed &#8230; with the closure of the Costa Rican embassy in the Republic of Cuba,&#8221; Tinoco said. &#8220;Likewise, we have requested that the Cuban Foreign Ministry withdraw its diplomatic personnel from the embassy in San Jose, with the exception of consular officials.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, Costa Rica follows in the footsteps of another Trump ally, Ecuador, which on March 4 expelled Cuba&#8217;s ambassador, Basilio Gutierrez, accusing him of interfering in the country&#8217;s internal political affairs and engaging in &#8220;violent activities.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said Sunday that the Cuban and U.S. governments are talking, and &#8220;I think we will pretty soon either make a deal or do whatever we have to do.&#8221; The president hasn&#8217;t specified what his plans are for Cuba.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll be doing something with Cuba very soon,&#8221; Mr. Trump told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>And on Monday, Mr. Trump said, &#8220;Whether I free it, take it, I think I could do anything I want with it.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel Berm\u00fadez responded to Mr. Trump&#8217;s statements <a 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