Contacts With Cuba
The months of tension
between the governments
of Oscar Arias and Raul
Castro seem to have come
to an end. There is
frequent and growing
dialogue between the
ministries of Foreign
Affairs of the two
nations, even though the
absence of diplomatic
relations remains.
Minister Bruno Stagno
has met several times
with his Cuban peer
Felipe Perez.
The Costa Rican official
discarded any formality
in those meetings, even
though he admitted that
the Ministry keeps open
dialogue with Cuba and
permanently watches over
what is going on in the
Island.
Arias, who is for
democracy and trade
opening, endured attacks
from Cuba early in his
current term. He was
called “a lackey of
Yankee imperialism” by
Havana.
According to analysts,
the changing trend is
due to an apparent new
order of things in Cuba,
where Raul Castro took
over his brother Fidel
at the helm. |
