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Published on Thursday, December 15,
2022
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Special
Presidential Advisor for the Americas
Christopher J. Dodd, escorted by the
United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
Cynthia Telles and Marcos
Mandojana as the Embassy
Chargé d’Affaires, met on
Wednesday with President Rodrigo
Chaves at the Costa Rica Presidential
House. According
to the U.S. Department of State, the
officials addressed issues of mutual
interest such as Costa Rica's
participation in the Americas
Partnership for Economic Prosperity
(APEP) to build regional resilience on
supply chains and migration
cooperation under the Los Angeles
Declaration and the deteriorating
situation in Nicaragua. The APEP
is an economic initiative of the U.S.
for Latin America. The partnership
framework consists of five thematic
pillars such as reinvigorating
regional economic institutions and
mobilizing investment, making more
resilient supply chains, updating the
basic bargain, creating clean energy
jobs and advancing decarbonization and
biodiversity and ensuring sustainable
and inclusive trade. After the
meeting, President Chaves addressed
the Costa Rica government's intentions
to be part of the Trade Agreement
between the United States, Mexico and
Canada. In
addition, Chaves said he suggested
U.S. President Joe Biden visit Costa
Rica. Preferably in March 2023
during the
Summit for Democracy that will take
place simultaneously in the United
States, Costa Rica, the Netherlands,
the Republic of Korea and the
Republic of Zambia.
Before
arriving in Costa Rica, Dodd met
on Dec. 13, in Quito, Ecuador,
with President Guillermo Lasso.
They discussed issues such as
promoting economic growth,
collaboration on regional
migration challenges and
combating drug trafficking. On
Dec 12, Dodd met with Mexican
President Andrés Manuel López
Obrador and with Foreign
Secretary Marcelo Ebrard in a
meeting that took place in
Mexico. Senator
Dodd served for thirty years in
the United States Senate and six
years in the United States House
of Representatives, representing
the people of Connecticut. He
also served as Chair of the
Senate Banking Committee; Chair
of the Senate Rules Committee;
Acting Chair of the Senate
Health, Education and Labor
Committee; and as a member of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, where he Chaired the
Subcommittee on the Western
Hemisphere for many years. ------------------------
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