The candidate for the Presidency of Costa Rica, José María Figueres, affirmed that he will distance himself from the regime of Daniel Ortega. Months ago, he had declared his interest in establishing diplomatic relations with Nicaragua, but in his new speech he said he was in favor of democracy and the Nicaraguan people.
“Regarding what the Nicaraguan government is, we do not share values, we believe in democracy, we believe in respect for human rights and of course that in any conversation that we are going to have in international forums or in Central American forums, we always We are going to keep those flags in force,” he said in statements to the digital media Current Nicaragua.
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Despite this, he considers that “the important thing here is to keep a door of dialogue open and in that sense, diplomatic relations with Nicaragua must be respectful, they must be a point of communication.”
During the first round of the electoral contest on February 7, the candidate for the Presidency argued that “the relationship with the Nicaraguan government is certainly a more delicate relationship. There is a difference in appreciation of values, of other conditions and with respect to the international positioning of our countries, but these differences do not mean that we are not going to talk and seek to improve the climate of relations between the two countries. We have that obligation and, therefore, due to the combination of economic and political interests, we are going to make an extraordinary effort so that we can smooth out rough edges and get along in the best possible way.
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He assured that among his plans with Nicaragua was the reestablishment of diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. For Figueres it is better to “lay all the communication ties”, since he affirms that talking is how Costa Ricans have always “fixed the problems” of their country.
“I would have an ambassador. It seems to me that it is appropriate to have an ambassador to the two neighboring countries. This is a diplomatic responsibility and courtesy. It is a way of sending adequate signals”, said the candidate for the National Liberal Party (PLN).
This Sunday, 3.5 million voters are summoned to the polls in the neighboring country, of these, 42,286 are naturalized Nicaraguans who will be able to vote, according to the register of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).
