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Costa Rica and Venezuela Yet to Okay Ambassadors
The appointment of Nora Uribe -who headed the
Venezuelan diplomatic delegation in Costa Rica -
as new Ambassador to Paraguay became official
last May 18, three months after it was
announced.
The candidate to replace Uribe in Costa Rica,
José Huertas, who worked at the Venezuelan
Embassy to Paraguay, has not been okayed by
Costa Rica.
The reasons why Huertas has been denied approval
are the sexual harassment charges brought
against him in Paraguay.
"But there is yet another political motivation
even more sensitive: the role he supposedly has
in boosting the likely presidential candidacy in
Paraguay of populist bishop Fernando Lugo, a
potential ally of (Venezuelan President Hugo)
Chávez," according to a report published in the
Spanish language daily, La Nación.
La Nación added that Caracas has refused to okay
the designation of the new Costa Rican
Ambassador Clara Montero, and therefore Walter
Hernández continued to head this delegation.
In Costa Rica, fears about an activist
ambassador come along with concerns about the
alleged links between the Venezuelan Government
and extreme leftist groups.
Also on May 18, Venezuela officially designated
Vice-admiral Armando Laguna Laguna as the new
Ambassador to Peru.
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