“The government of President Nicolás Maduro follows our compatriots in Costa Rica,” the diplomatic office said in its newly opened Instagram account.
It is an honor to have participated in the defense of the rights of all Venezuelans in Costa Rica and in the protection of the Republic’s assets in that country, the representation said in a short statement.
“I thank all the countless Costa Rican colleagues who have been at our side and collaborated in many ways in the defense of this small territory of Venezuela in Costa Rica,” the note circulated on social networks added.
Last January, Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister Arnoldo André announced that this Central American state wanted to restore consular relations with Venezuela after suspending them during the previous administration of President Carlos Alvarado (2018-2022).
At that time, he assured that there were about 15,000 Venezuelans in the country with an open file in the field of migration and immigration and about 94,000 with an application requiring consular assistance.
“We will regulate consular relations so that Venezuelans have someone here to organize their consular needs,” he explained.
In 2020, Venezuela revoked the mandate of the then charge d’affaires in Caracas, Danilo González, in response to San José’s support for the interim government of Juan Guaidó.
On that day, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed in a press release that the embassy in Costa Rica is reopening its doors to facilitate the processing of all types of consular procedures, such as the issuance and renewal of passports.
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