Nicaragua's Decision To Remove Visa Entry
Requirements Worries Costa Rica
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Nicaragua's Decision To Remove Visa Entry
Requirements Worries Costa Rica
The decision by Nicaragua to allow entry to
any and all visitors, without requiring a
visa, concerns Costa Rica's foreign
minister, Bruno Stagno. Nicaraguan
president, Daniel Ortega, made the
announcement yesterday while visiting
Catarina, in the southwest region of
Nicaragua.
The announcement by Ortega opens the
Nicaraguan border to any person wishing to
visit Nicaragua for tourism purposes,
without first obtaining a visa from the
Nicaraguan consulate in the country of
origin.
For example, Chinese and Russian nationals,
can now visit Nicaragua by simply showing up
at any land border or maritime immigration
post and asking for entry.
Stagno's concern is that many will use the
entry to Nicaragua to enter Costa Rica
illegally.
"It is a sovereign decision, we are studying
the implications of the decision, from a
point of view of immigration that affects
Costa Rica", said minister Stagno.
Not requiring any type of visa to enter
Nicaragua, Costa Rica fears that
international trafficking organizations can
now easily move people to Costa Rica and
other countries, like the United States.
Stagno said that the subject may be up for
discussion during the Cumbre de Presidentes
Centroamericanos (Summit of the Presidents
of Central America) which will be held on
March 25 in Managua.
The foreign minister added that Costa Rica
is also considering loosening its entry
requirements, discussing the possibility of
exempting from having a visa to any person
who has an internationally recognized visa.
For his part, president Ortega said "the
opening of its borders is a tool to increase
tourism and face the financial crisis in the
country, a country that has always lived in
crisis."
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