RICO’s Q —There has been much talk this past week about the dismissal of Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar. The big question on many people’s minds is: what was the real reason for his firing?
No one buys the lie that he was dismissed because he failed to notify Laura Fernández about the “Shield of the Americas” summit.
In particular, when
First, because the date for that summit had been set well in advance.
Second, because the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica always coordinates visits for a presidential summit with the Presidential House in Zapote.
Minister Tovar was not dismissed for failing to report the meeting with Trump, as the U.S. President’s presence at the meeting had not been planned—a fact confirmed by Argentine President Milei, who attended the meeting.
Therefore, no one can believe the excuse that Casa Presidencial knew nothing about the summit.
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It turns out that Tovar was strongly backing Ms. Rebeca Grynspan’s candidacy for UN Secretary-General.
Tovar’s address to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, openly advocating for Rebeca Grynspan’s candidacy for the organization’s Secretary-Generalship, was delivered by Costa Rica’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero
In case you didn’t know, Grynspan is a figure very close to former presidents Óscar Arias Sánchez and José María Figueres.
Grynspan served as:
- Deputy Minister of Finance under Óscar Arias (1986–1988)
- Vice President of the Republic under José María Figueres(1994–1998)
- She is married to Saúl Weisleder, a renowned economist who supported Figueres’ candidacy in 2022, when he ran against Rodrigo Chaves.
According to a post by Libertad Y Propiedad II on Facebook, it appears that an insider tipped off Rodrigo Chaves that Minister Tovar was actively working on Grynspan’s candidacy—not just offering lip service as Chaves does.
So, when Rodrigo Chaves realized his minister was working with someone so close to Óscar Arias and José María Figueres, he viewed it as a betrayal.
From that moment on, Minister Tovar’s days were numbered.
On this issue, the Facebook page Las Cosas como Son CR urged Costa Ricans to “judge for themselves.”
On August 13, Manuel Tovar spoke with the Spanish news outlet El País, which asked him how much influence Rodrigo Chaves has over foreign policy.
Tovar replied that he was the foreign minister and Laura Fernández was the president, adding that Chaves’s influence was no greater than that of any other minister. In the interview, Tovar contradicted the “Whisky Minister” (Chaves).
I believe that anyone with a normal IQ would ask, who gave the order to fire him?