QCOSTARICA – Ronny Rojas, a Costa Rican journalist, who works for Noticias Telemundo and is a professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Journalism, posted on the Washington Post an opinion piece on Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves, titled “Rodrigo Chaves sigue los pasos de Trump en Costa Rica” (Rodrigo Chaves follows in Trump’s footsteps in Costa Rica). Since President Rodrigo Chaves came to power in this small Central American country in May, his character and style of governing have been compared to that of the former US president. In Costa Rica, it is said that there is a long way from words to deeds, but that does not seem to be the case with Chaves. Costa Rican journalists see in this attitude an attempt by the president to settle accounts with the media that showed his failures to the public. Costa Rica is one of the strongest democracies in Latin America and one of the 10 countries with the greatest press freedom in the world.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2022 13:04 UTC