Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba learned today, September 18, through the press, of the surprising statement made by the Costa Rican Foreign Minister, Manuel Tovar Rivera, to the Miami Herald, that “diplomatic relations have been severed” with Cuba, a fact that has never
been formally notified by the authorities of that country to the Cuban government.
As previously reported, on March 17, 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica informed our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via Diplomatic Note and without offering any justification, of its unilateral decision to close its Embassy in Cuba. Furthermore, it requested Cuba, without any
explanation and invoking a supposed and unfounded reciprocity, to withdraw its diplomatic personnel from its Embassy in San José and maintain only consular and administrative staff.
On that occasion, the then Costa Rican Foreign Minister, Arnoldo André Tinoco, informed the Cuban Foreign Ministry that these decisions “did not signify a break in diplomatic relations.”
In Institutional Communication 076-2026, published by the Costa Rican Foreign Ministryon March 18, 2026, under the title “Closure of the Costa Rican Embassy in Cuba and
Cuban government is completely
government to the United States' policy toward Cuba.
(Cubaminrex)