The ties between the two countries remain intact and sustained by a tradition that has supported them for more than a century, “beyond the foreign policy of the current president” (outgoing President Rodrigo Chavez)

Although the executive branch downgraded the Cuban diplomatic mission in this capital from an Embassy to a Consulate, the bilateral cultural and historical relations “remain intact and sustained by a tradition that has supported them for more than a century,” affirms the article by journalist José Eduardo Mora.

The extensive and well-reasoned report in the weekly Semanario Universidad argues that the current government’s disposition is “open and unconditionally at the feet of the unpredictable Donald Trump and, therefore, the American empire.”

Mora denies that “the current government’s decision” has the strength “to sever the ties that bind the two nations, due to events such as Jose Marti’s presence in Costa Rica on two occasions at key moments, when he sought the independence of his beloved Cuba through various means,” as well as other patriots like Flor Crombet and the brothers Antonio and Jose Maceo.

The Costa Rican journalist associates the current government’s decision with “the one made on September 10, 1961, when, under pressure from the United States, it found fertile ground in the weak and subservient Organization of American States to call for a break with the Cuban people.”

According to Mora, the influence of Marti’s imagery on a segment of the Costa Rican population persists today, “even though official culture has tended to relegate this presence to a marginal note, a situation that contrasts sharply with reality.”

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