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The vice president of the United States, Joe Biden, came to Costa Rica yesterday and will start his contact with Central America beginning today. He will analyze the proposed capitalization of international banks directly linked with the region in his meeting in the Presidential House.
While Biden descended with his wife on the staircase, at base two of the Juan Santamaría International Airport, there were two black Lincoln limousines and 15 vehicles all equipped with armor and the highest standards of safety, brought directly from Washington three days earlier, ready and waiting. Alongside, there were 10 traffic officers to guide the caravan that would take the high functionary a little after 4:30 to the Marriot Hotel in San Antonio de Belén.
On one side of the red carpet spread on the runway, stood the foreign minister, Bruno Stagno, the U.S. ambassador, Peter Cianchette with his family and the diplomat Javier Sancho to greet the Vice President and his wife.
The entourage that travels with each has over 40 members and includes the deputy assistant secretary for Latin America, Craig Kelly and National the Security Advisor, Daniel Restrepo.
The Chancellor said that the set of proposals that will be proposed to Biden today is guided by support for the region in the face of the international economic crisis. The thematic agenda also includes the analysis of programs for cooperation in combating drug trafficking and crime and issues related to the environment and trade.
Regarding support to the region on the face of the economic crisis, the Costa Rican ambassador in Washington, Tomás Dueñas, explained that it is one of the main issues because all of the countries in the region are still awaiting the position of the United States as one of financial leaders at the G20 meeting this week in London.
How could the United States work with Costa Rica or Central America in the face of the crisis? That is the question. In this respect, the American diplomat said that this nation is going to the G20 meeting open to negotiating with China, Europe, and the Latin American members of that organization, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Naturally, what we are looking for, beyond a stimulus, is also regulating the financial markets so what we are going through doesn’t happen again,” said the diplomat in his last week as a representative of Costa Rica in Washington.
Tomas Dueñas believes that his mission was fulfilled with the FTA, so that his successor, Luis Diego Escalante, has the task of strengthening the relationship with United States, as well as fomenting programs for cooperation and development of a “Post CAFTA Agenda” to move forward with a very close relationship with the United States and the Government of Barack Obama.
Stagno circulated a Central American proposal during the meeting last Wednesday in Managua with the Central American leaders present at the meeting of the Economic Integration System (SICA).
“There were eight points that we wanted to agree upon with the other countries attending the meeting, clarifying that it is not a call in SICA format and therefore, the other countries of Central America, Belize and Panama are only being invited to Costa Rica.
The eight points agreed upon will be discussed at the meeting of Heads of State at the Presidential House. As for the issues that we are going to have at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago where the president Obama will be in attendance, we will have the opportunity to talk with him directly.
The idea, said Stagno, is for Vice President Biden to take the list of suggestions and concerns to the White House in two weeks, so they can be defined and dealt directly with president Obama in the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
“It is fitting for the United States to have a positive agenda with Latin America. He needs to turn the page on what was basically a negative for drugs and immigrants. What was positive before was certainly trade, but we believe that there needs to be further discussion on areas such as climate change, social development, teaching English, technology transfer, green investments and green job creation. I think there are many areas where we can begin to work on a positive agenda,” said the Chancellor.
Costa Rica is one of the beneficiaries of the Merida Plan funded by United States to develop a Latin American network to combat drug trafficking; specifically the initiative and the link with our country and the region is one of the topics to be discussed today at Home Presidential.
For today's meeting the leaders from Nicaragua and Honduras, Daniel Ortega and Manuel Zelaya, who cited agenda problems but do not hide their alienation from the United States and its political vision were absent.
At TicosLand.com in Costa Rica, we hope that the visit will generate good chances of advancement for the countries of the region with the Government of the United States with a world vision that is very different from the previous one.
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