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Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was accused of harbadment or badault by five women. He has laid the charges against him and is a well-known example of the # MeToo movement in Latin America.
Women's denunciations threaten the reputation of the former president, one of the most respected statesmen in Latin America and Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1987 for its role in negotiating the end of the civil wars in the region.
The first woman to speak, who will soon become one of the most notable examples of the # MeToo movement in Latin America, is anti-nuclear activist Alexandra Arce.
Arias denied Alexandra's allegations through her lawyer, Erick Ramos, who told Reuters on Thursday that her client did not wish to comment on subsequent allegations.
The prosecutor's office filed a complaint
Ramos said the Attorney General's office had informed him that only one case had been reported. The Attorney General's office confirmed that he had received a complaint against Arias.
"We respect the statements of these people in the media and on social networks," said Ramos.
Alexandra's decision prompted more women to come forward, including Emma Daly, director of communications for the international human rights group Human Rights Watch.
Emma reported working as a journalist in Central America in 1990 when Arias approached her with a group of journalists in the lobby of a hotel in Managua, Nicaragua's capital. It was at that moment that she asked him a question.
Emma Daly, director of communications at Human Rights Watch, talks about when he was harbaded by Oscar Arias in 1990." He stopped, watched me, and instead of answering my question, he reached out, touched my chest, then placed his hand between my bads and said, "You do not wear a bra" or similar words, then you moved on to something else, "Emma told Reuters on Thursday. "I was completely shocked and the only thing I could say was" yes, I am. "
At the time, she worked as a freelancer for Reuters and the "Tico Times" newspaper of Costa Rica.
"The fact that he has an incredibly impressive professional resume does not give him the right to treat people in this way," he said.
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