Q COSTA RICA reports that the country’s Attorney General, Carlo Díaz, is unwilling to submit to polygraph screening conducted by a private company, as Costa Rica’s new president, Laura Fernández, is requiring of members of her “Fuerza Élite” (Elite Force). As previously reported by the Tico Times, polygraph screening of senior government officials is being … Read more
In May 2026, the newly inaugurated president of Costa Rica, Laura Fernández Delgado, ordered polygraph screening of senior officials as part of her anticorruption campaign. Her polygraph dragnet has now led to the removal of seven police directors from their posts, the Costa Rican Tico Times reports. Excerpt: Costa Rica’s government removed seven police directors … Read more
The English-language Costa Rican newspaper Tico Times reports that the country’s new president, Laura Fernández Delgado, who was inaugurated on 8 May 2026, has ordered polygraph screening of senior government officials in an attempt to root out organized crime. Excerpt: President Laura Fernández has widened a controversial order requiring polygraph tests for officials involved in … Read more