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Fernández Fires Foreign Minister for Unannounced Trump Summit Attendance

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC · How we work

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President Laura Fernández fired Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar after he attended a Trump-led security summit without notifying her.
Fernández said Tovar’s unannounced attendance caused great strategic damage to Costa Rica’s interests.
Tovar’s 139-day term became the shortest foreign-minister tenure in Costa Rica since 1948.
Foreign Trade Minister Indiana Trejos Gallo assumed the acting foreign-minister role until Fernández returns from the UN General Assembly.

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President Laura Fernández fired Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar after he attended a Trump-led security summit without notifying her.
Fernández said Tovar’s unannounced attendance caused great strategic damage to Costa Rica’s interests.
Tovar’s 139-day term became the shortest foreign-minister tenure in Costa Rica since 1948.
Foreign Trade Minister Indiana Trejos Gallo assumed the acting foreign-minister role until Fernández returns from the UN General Assembly.