The agreement between the United States and the Latin American countries, including Costa Rica, outlines several actions aimed at strengthening regional cooperation against organized crime. Among them:

1- Criminal cartels and foreign terrorist organizations operating in the Western Hemisphere should be dismantled to the fullest extent possible, consistent with applicable law.

2- Member countries will seek to deprive these organizations of territorial control and cut off access to financing and resources used to carry out violent activities.

3- Partner nations will mobilize military forces to create the most effective fighting capacity necessary to dismantle cartels and prevent them from exporting violence or expanding influence through organized intimidation.

Participating countries will work to keep external threats at bay, including malign foreign influences from outside the Western Hemisphere.

President Chaves traveled to the United States with President-elect Laura Fernández Delgado, First Lady Signe Zeikate and Foreign Affairs Minister Arnoldo André Tinoco to participate in the summit.

President-elect Fernandez also met with Secretary Rubio, where she reaffirmed the continuity of ties between both nations during her administration. She was elected in early February as the country’s 50th president for the 2026–2030 term and is scheduled to be sworn in on May 8, beginning a four-year term.

According to Costa Rica’s Presidential House, Chaves and members of his delegation will also travel to Chile to attend the official inauguration of President José Antonio Kast. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at the National Congress of Chile on Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

President Chaves is expected to address the commitments made under the multi-country agreement with the United States upon his return to Costa Rica on Thursday, March 12.

According to the U.S. Department of State, representatives from the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago also attended the summit.