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CNA
02-07-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Costa Rica's top court calls for President Chaves to stand trial on corruption charges
SAN JOSE: Costa Rica's highest court on Tuesday (Jul 1) asked the country's legislature to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his immunity from prosecution so he can stand trial on corruption charges. Costa Rica's attorney general's office in April alleged that members of Chaves' government awarded kickbacks to a top government ally using funds from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). In an extraordinary session, the court also requested Culture Minister Jorge Rodriguez, who previously acted as communication minister, stand trial in the same case. Costa Rica's National Assembly is controlled by opposition lawmakers. Chaves and Rodriguez face between two to eight years in prison if convicted. They both have denied the accusations. The attorney general's office said that a former presidential adviser was paid US$32,000 with funds awarded by CABEI.
Al Arabiya
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Costa Rica's Top Court Seeks to Strip President Chaves' Immunity Over Corruption Case
Costa Rica's Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the country's legislature to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his legal immunity so he can stand trial on corruption charges. Chaves, accused of awarding lucrative consulting contracts to a close associate, has denied wrongdoing. His office did not immediately comment on the ruling, which justices decided in a 15–to–7 vote. Costa Rica's top court has never before accepted a request to revoke a president's immunity. The case now goes to Congress, which is dominated by opposition lawmakers and has the final say. Prosecutors accuse Chaves of abusing his authority in diverting part of a $32,000 contract financed by a multilateral bank – the Central American Bank for Economic Integration – to his adviser and campaign strategist, Federico Choreco Cruz. On Tuesday, the top court also asked Chaves' minister of culture and former chief of staff, Jorge Rodríguez, to stand trial in the same case. The case first emerged in 2023 when local media released leaked audio recordings that purported to show Chaves discussing Cruz's involvement in the contracts. Chaves and his allies have other cases pending against them. Costa Rica's attorney general's office filed a separate indictment last week accusing the president of illicitly financing the 2022 election campaign that brought him to power. Chaves also denies those charges.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Costa Rica's top court seeks to strip President Chaves' immunity over corruption case
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica's Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the country's legislature to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his legal immunity so he can stand trial on corruption charges. Chaves, accused of awarding lucrative consulting contracts to a close associate, has denied wrongdoing. His office did not immediately comment on the ruling, which justices decided in a 15-to-7 vote. Costa Rica's top court has never before accepted a request to revoke a president's immunity. The case now goes to Congress, which is dominated by opposition lawmakers and has the final say. Prosecutors accuse Chaves of abusing his authority in diverting part of a $32,000 contract financed by a multilateral bank — the Central American Bank for Economic Integration — to his adviser and campaign strategist, Federico 'Choreco' Cruz. On Tuesday, the top court also asked Chaves' minister of culture and former chief of staff, Jorge Rodríguez, to stand trial in the same case. The case first emerged in 2023 when local media released leaked audio recordings that purported to show Chaves discussing Cruz's involvement in the contracts. Chaves and his allies have other cases pending against them. Costa Rica's attorney general's office filed a separate indictment last week accusing the president of illicit financing the 2022 election campaign that brought him to power. Chaves also denies those charges. ____ Follow AP's coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at
BBC News
30-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Key witness in ex-Peru Mayor Susana Villarán's corruption case found dead
A key witness in the corruption case of a former mayor of Peru's capital, Lima, has been found dead at his home, Peruvian prosecutors say, less than three months before the trial is due to start. José Miguel Castro, who was living under house arrest, was a municipality official during Susana Villarán's term as mayor from 2011 to was a co-defendant in the trial with Ms Villarán, who is accused of receiving bribes worth $10m (£7.3m) from Brazilian construction 2019, Ms Villarán admitted to receiving funds from these companies but denied that they were bribes. Mr Castro was collaborating with prosecutors on the investigation. The cause of his death is not yet known. "He was the second most important person behind Ms Villarán," prosecutor José Domingo Pérez told Peruvian news channel Canal N."We were expecting his valuable contribution" to the trial, he Villarán, 75, is accused of collusion, money laundering and forming a criminal organisation that received millions of dollars from construction companies Odebrecht - now called Novonor - and said Mr Castro was the alleged criminal organisation's 2019 Ms Villarán admitted taking funds from Odebrecht and OAS to finance her 2013 mayoral campaign to stay in office, but denied they constituted trial is due to start on 23 September. Ms Villarán is one of a number of Peruvian politicians implicated in the Odebrecht 2016 the Brazilian construction giant admitted to bribing officials across Latin America and parts of Africa in order to obtain construction contracts.A number of former Peruvian presidents have since been investigated, including Ollanta Humala, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison earlier this year, and Alejandro Toledo, who was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison last year. Another former leader, Alan Garcia, killed himself as authorities arrived at his house to arrest him in investigation against another former president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, is ongoing. He denies the charges.
Malay Mail
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Scandal-hit judge in scrapped Maradona trial resigns
BUENOS AIRES, June 25 — The Argentine judge who caused the collapse of a trial over the 2020 death of football legend Diego Maradona resigned on Tuesday. Julieta Makintach's involvement in a clandestine documentary about the trial of Maradona's medical team led to the proceedings being scrapped in May after two months of hearings. Her fellow judges accused her of having 'caused prejudice' to the proceedings which heard hours of painful, sometimes tearful, testimony from witnesses including Maradona's children. No date has yet been set for a new trial although a new three-judge bench has been designated to hear the case. In a letter to the governor of Buenos Aires, which was seen by AFP, Makintach, who had been facing impeachment proceedings, said she ' profound institutional and social impact' of her actions on a 'very sensitive' trial. She said she believed her resignation would help restore confidence in the judiciary. Maradona, considered one of the world's greatest ever players, died in November 2020 at the age of 60 while recovering from brain surgery. He died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema — a condition where fluid accumulates in the lungs — two weeks after going under the knife. Seven medical professionals were put on trial over the conditions of his home convalescence, which prosecutors described as grossly negligent. Maradona's caregivers risk prison terms of between eight and 25 years if convicted of 'homicide with possible intent' — pursuing a course of action despite knowing it could lead to his death. — AFP
