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Costa Rica Rejects
Statement By Nicaraguan
Ambassador On Lack of
Armed Forces
The government of Costa
Rica has found the
comments by the
Nicaraguan Ambassador to
Costa Rica, Harold Rivas
Reyes, about Costa
Rica's lack of a
military. The government
said it finds it
irresponsible, offensive
and disrespectful that
such a comment would be
made.
Costa Rica has had no
military for 60 years
and is proud of the fact
that it is the only
nation in the Americas
without an armed forces.
Ambassador Rivas was
called in to the
Ministerio de Relaciones
Exteriores (Foreign
Ministry) where he was
met by the vice-ministro
Relaciones Exteriores,
Edgar Ugalde and the
director de Protocolo y
Ceremonial del Estado,
Javier Sancho.
The Ambassador was told
that as a peaceful and
civil country, Costa
Rica considers it
absolutely inappropriate
for a diplomat who has
been at his post since
2007 and knows the
idiosyncrasies of Costa
Rica to cloud and
denigrate an
extraordinary and
historic decision by
Costa Rican president
José Figueres Ferrer, on
December 1, 1948, to
abolish the armed
forces.
This historical epic is
one of the founding
pillars of the current
Costa Rican society,
that instead of
maintaining an army,
decided to devote those
resources to education,
health and culture.
The government considers
that in Costa Rica many
people have gained
respect and find
opportunities that they
don't have in their own
country, as witnessed by
the tens of thousands of
Nicaraguans who are
grateful for their
opportunities in this
country.
The statement concluded
that, Costa Rica has
respectful of the
internal affairs of its
neighbours and strongly
rejects the unfortunate
concepts by Ambassador
Rivas and that such is
not repeated. |
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