Eleonora Antillon, who is accusing Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Costa Rican president Oscar Arias of sexual assault, poses for pictures outside her house in Liberia, Costa Rica February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Hector Guzman
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - More allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, with five women saying he harassed or assaulted them, in a high-profile example of the #MeToo movement in Latin America.
The women's claims have threatened the reputation of the two-time president, who is one of Latin America's most respected statesmen and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for his role in negotiating an end to civil wars in the region.
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