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Following the ending of the Fifth Summit of
the Americas meeting, Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, announced that Colombia will be
sending military engineers to help out with
the reconstruction of houses damaged by the
January 8 earthquake in Cinchona.
Arias said he had asked his Colombian
counterpart, Álvaro Uribe, for help, as
Colombia has experience in the field.
Colombian officials are expected this week
to contact the Comisión Nacional de
Emergencia (CNE) - Costa Rican national
emergency commission - to co-ordinate and
finalize the details of the arrivals of the
Colombian engineers in Costa Rica and the
time they will stay.
Arias, in addition to the Colombian
announcement, said that he was pleased to
have participated in the summit, especially
having the opportunity to talk to US
president, Barack Obama, about equal
treatment of all Latin American countries.
Arias called Obama a good listener and said
the US president has a lot of charisma.
Arias said he recalled 20 years ago when he
was president, he rolled out his "Plan de
Paz" (peace plan) for Central America, but
no one would listen. He now sees a lot of
hope as Obama has committed to dialogue with
all the nations.
President Arias also announced the official
visit of Brazil's president, Luiz Ignacio
Lula da Silva, to Costa Rica on June 1. The
visit is to reciprocate the visit by Arias
to Brazil.
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