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Federation Of Chambers of Commerce Asks For
Venezuelan
Ambassador
To
Costa Rica Declared "Persona Non Grata"
The Federación Nacional de Cámaras de
Comercio y Asociaciones Empresariales de
Costa Rica (National Federation of Chambers
of Commerce and Business Associations) is
asking that Venezuelan Ambassador to Costa
Rica, Hugo Pineda be declared "persona non
grata" and shut down the Base de la Paz
which was inaugurated on September 29th.
Antonio López Escarré, executive director of
the Federación, is expected to make the
request to Costa Rican president, Oscar
Arias.
"The interventionist impulses of Hugo Chávez
and the place it occupies in Costa Rica
should not be exaggerated but not
unappreciated. Neither he, nor his bulging
though now diminished petrodollars checkbook
can be attributed to the efforts of all
sectors engaged in infringing our
democracy", said López.
López said that the Chavez influence is real
and forms part of Chavez's meddling, through
various channels, in the internal affairs of
countries in the hemisphere.
The Federación believes that the axis of the
Chavez current strategy is to undermine the
legitimacy of Costa Rican institutions and
that the Base de la Paz is just one
instrument more of the Chavez intervention.
López added that Costa Rica has built peace
for the last 60 years and a society where a
person can freely express their opinion
without any reprisals and although Costa
Rica has its internal problems, they are a
private matter of our country and are work
to autonomously fix them.
Persona non grata (Latin, plural: personae
non gratae, also abbreviated PNG), literally
meaning "an unwelcome person," is a term
used in diplomacy with a specialized and
legally defined meaning.
Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations Article 9, a receiving State may
"at any time and without having to explain
its decision" declare any member of a
diplomatic staff persona non grata. A person
so declared is considered unacceptable and
is usually recalled to his or her home
nation. If not recalled, the receiving State
"may refuse to recognize the person
concerned as a member of the mission."
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