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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to arrive at 8 a.m. at Juan Santamaría International Airport on Tuesday. Photo via U.S. Department of State.
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Published on
Monday, February 3, 2025
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff and wire services
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves-Robles on Tuesday, February 4, according to an announcement from the U.S. Embassy. Secretary Rubio is scheduled to arrive at 7:15 a.m. at Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela Province, where he will be greeted by President Chaves and other government officials. This visit is part of Rubio’s working trip to several Central American countries, aimed at advancing President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy agenda, said the Embassy in its statement. According to the Embassy, during his time in Costa Rica, Secretary Rubio will engage with senior government officials and business leaders to discuss key regional issues, including combatting illegal migration, addressing transnational criminal organizations and drug trafficking, countering China’s influence in the region, and strengthening economic ties to promote prosperity across the Americas. Mauricio Claver-Carone, the U.S. Special Envoy for Latin America, praised President Chaves as a strong U.S. ally, particularly in recognizing the threat posed by China and tackling migration challenges. Claver-Carone highlighted that Chaves’ leadership on repatriation programs, aimed at managing the flow of migrants from South America and beyond, would be an important topic of discussion during the visit. "President Chaves has been a great leader, not only in recognizing the China threat but also in addressing migration, especially the challenges posed by extracontinental migrants passing through Costa Rica,” Claver-Carone said during a special briefing released by the U.S. Department of State.
After he meets with President Chaves, Secretary Rubio will travel to Guatemala to meet with President César Bernardo Arévalo de León on Wednesday. Rubio already met with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Monday. The U.S. Secretary's itinerary will conclude with a visit to the Dominican Republic. Rubio
will be the fourth U.S. Secretary of State
to visit Costa Rica in the past 14
years.
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In
June 2021, then-Secretary of State Antony
Blinken met with Costa Rican President
Carlos Alvarado to reaffirm U.S. support for
the country’s environmental
initiatives.
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In
January 2020, former Secretary of State
Michael Pompeo visited Costa Rica to discuss
the situations in Venezuela and Nicaragua,
the rising flow of migrants, and efforts to
combat drug trafficking with President
Carlos Alvarado.
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In
March 2010, Hillary Clinton, then Secretary
of State, met with President Laura
Chinchilla to discuss drug trafficking and
the development of Costa Rica’s aerospace
industry.
Rubio’s
visit adds to a series of recent high-level
U.S. delegations to Costa Rica. Representatives
from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) recently visited to address medical
device regulations in the country.
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