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Barrenador case witness suspended by Costa Rica’s Social Security Board invokes whistleblower protection law Image: Rafael Pacheco Granados
🇨🇷 Costa Rica /Elections & Politics

Barrenador case witness suspended by Costa Rica’s Social Security Board invokes whistleblower protection law

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • Andrey Sánchez Duarte, a financial director at Costa Rica’s Social Security Fund, has invoked legal protection for corruption whistleblowers.
  • His lawyer notified the CCSS after its board agreed to suspend him the previous week.
  • The protection cited comes from Law 10,437, approved in 2023.

Andrey Sánchez Duarte, financial director of Costa Rica’s Social Security Fund, has reminded the institution that he receives special protection under the country’s whistleblower law. His lawyer sent a formal notice to CCSS authorities after the board agreed to suspend him the previous week.

Sánchez is a witness in the Barrenador case. His defense cited Law 10,437, approved in 2023, and asked authorities to take into account the safeguards it provides to people who report corruption.

The notice places the suspension against the legal protection claimed by Sánchez’s defense. The CCSS board’s decision and Sánchez’s role as a witness are central to the dispute described in the case.

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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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