Costa Rica–Cuba relations

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Luis Guillermo Solís and Raúl Castro in 2015 Costa Rica–Cuba relations refer to the diplomatic and bilateral relations between Costa Rica and Cuba.

History

Costa Rica and Cuba established diplomatic ties for the first time in 1907, when Emilio Matheu Fernández was appointed Consul of Costa Rica in Cuba. In 1911, Francisco Porto y Castillo was appointed as Cuba's commercial attaché in San José.

During the presidency of José Figueres Ferrer, Costa Rica provided support to the Cuban rebels led by Fidel Castro against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, as part of a policy to oppose all dictatorships in Central America and the Caribbean. In 1959, José Figueres Ferrer was invited to Havana, where he delivered an anti-communist speech, stating that Latin America should side with the United States in the "Cold War" and against "distant powers" (clearly referring to the USSR and China). For this reason, he was booed and challenged by Fidel Castro during the speech, who subsequently nicknamed him "Pepe Cachucha," marking the beginning of a long, complex relationship of rivalry and respect between the two figures.

Costa Rica broke off relations with Cuba on 10 September 1961 under the presidency of Mario Echandi Jiménez, due to the Marxist–Leninist nature of the Cuban regime. At that time, Costa Rica and El Salvador were the only Latin American countries without full diplomatic relations with Cuba, a situation that would later change following the election of Mauricio Funes as president of El Salvador.

Diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations were restored in 2003 during the administration of Abel Pacheco, when consular relations, broken in 1961, were reestablished. José María Penabad was appointed consul on the island and was later promoted to ambassador in 2009 during the government of Óscar Arias.

Three Cuban presidents have visited Costa Rica, including Carlos Prío Socarrás in 1948, Fidel Castro in 1987, and Raúl Castro in 2015.

See also

  • Foreign relations of Costa Rica
  • Foreign relations of Cuba

References

Cuba Category:Bilateral relations of Cuba

See Also

Cuba–Equatorial Guinea relations

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