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Secretary Rubio Holds a Joint Press Availability with Costa Rican President Chaves in San José, February 4, 2025

February 4, 2025 · U.S. Department of State · 0:26:09

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What happened

Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a joint press availability with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves in San José, Costa Rica, on February 4, 2025, according to the State Department broadcast. Chaves opened by mourning a Costa Rican legal-investigation officer he said was slain by criminal organizations, said the visit had outlined an ongoing cooperation roadmap with the new administration, and said the two sides had reached significant agreements around illegal immigration and the fight against international organized crime, as stated in the broadcast.

Why it matters

Costa Rica is both a migration destination and a transit corridor; the San José availability is the trip’s record of the security-and-migration roadmap the two governments said they agreed, delivered by the Secretary in person three stops into his first trip.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, official upload (embedded above). Remarks as delivered; full transcript at state.gov.