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Costa
Rica Wants Exclusion from US
Coalition
The new Costa Rican Government
of Oscar Arias officially
requested to be excluded from
the list of nations which
supported the war against Iraq.
In line with a decision taken by
former president Abel Pacheco
(2002-2006), Costa Rica figures
in the list of countries grouped
in the coalition which supported
the intervention in Iraq, in
total disregard for how most of
the population felt about the
issue.
In a note addressed to United
States Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, Costa Rica's
Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno
demanded the exclusion of the
name of Costa Rica from any
White House web page referring
to such backing of the US-led
invasion and occupation.
The request was given to Brian
Simmons, who is second secretary
of the U.S. Embassy in Costa
Rica, according to the Foreign
Ministry press office.
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