Costa Rica is a Catholic country by constitution, and its president, Laura Fern\u00e1ndez, has met with Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LAURA FERN\u00c1NDEZ<\/strong>, President of Costa Rica<\/strong> Fernandez took office as president of her country in February. In recent months, she has launched a cooperation initiative with El Salvador, which culminated in the recent inauguration of a mega-prison modeled after that country\u2019s CECOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This represents a commitment to security and to isolating incarcerated gang members from those who are free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LAURA FERN\u00c1NDEZ<\/strong>, President of Costa Rica<\/strong> The meeting between Fernandez and the pope lasted just over half an hour. The president invited him to Costa Rica and to visit Our Lady of the Angels, the country\u2019s patron saint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They also discussed geopolitical issues, Costa Rica\u2019s economic situation and current conditions, education, support for vulnerable families, and the fight against narco-terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LAURA FERN\u00c1NDEZ<\/strong>, President of Costa Rica<\/strong> As a gift, the pope received some Costa Rican coffee and a soccer jersey from the national team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president then met with other Vatican officials, with whom she also discussed issues related to security and migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Costa Rica is a Catholic country by constitution, and its president, Laura Fern\u00e1ndez, has met with Pope Leo XIV. LAURA FERN\u00c1NDEZ, President of Costa RicaWe discussed, in particular, the phenomenon of Nicaraguan immigration to Costa Rica. The largest group of immigrants in our country are Nicaraguans. This country has experienced a humanitarian exodus, and Costa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":96100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2dBPZxVew10","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpresidentecostaricaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpresidentecostaricaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96117,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96099\/revisions\/96117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
We discussed, in particular, the phenomenon of Nicaraguan immigration to Costa Rica. The largest group of immigrants in our country are Nicaraguans. This country has experienced a humanitarian exodus, and Costa Rica has welcomed them in an orderly manner so that they can live in peace in our country. So we talked more about Nicaraguan immigrants. And with the U.S. government, we have a policy of mutual support and cooperation on security issues, under which we allow them to make a stopover in our country and provide safe and dignified accommodations for people who are in the process of being deported.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, our country is a peaceful one. Costa Rica is also a country that respects human rights. However, the time has come for our country to modernize some of its laws so that it does not become a haven for criminals in the future. For that reason, we are currently implementing two types of public policies. On the one hand, a major push for education and health care, with a special focus on investing in children and youth so they do not fall prey to organized crime, as well as tough-on-crime policies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I represent the people of Costa Rica, a people of faith and values, where we uphold human dignity and work for the family every day. That is why having this audience with the Holy Father was of enormous importance to my country.<\/em>
So, as president of a Catholic country, of people with values and principles, today was a very, very important occasion.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n