Costa Rica. Former President Oscar Arias: the US has withdrawn my visa. The Nobel Prize winner called Trump a Roman emperor

Former President of Costa Rica and the Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias announced that the United States has undoing him the entrance visa to the country. A few weeks earlier, the politician criticized US President Donald Trump in social media, stating that he behaves like a “Roman emperor”.

I received an e-mail from the government USA With information that the visa I have in my passport was suspended. The message was very concise, there was no reason (suspension – ed.). You can guess – Arias told reporters gathered in front of his house on Tuesday, without developing his assumptions.

Donald Trump like “Roman emperor”

In February, Arias stated in social media that the current government of Costa Ridge Rodrigo Chaves is undergoing pressure from the United States, which are trying to oppose the influence China In the region and deport by migrants from third countries to Central America, “Guardian” reminded, indicating that Arias compared Donald Trump to the “Roman emperor”. “For a small country, non -US authorities have never been easy, all the more when their president behaves like a Roman emperor,” said former president of Kosta Rica.

The politician published this entry shortly after the US withdrew their visa with three Costa Rica politicians who opposed Chaves's decision on the exclusion of Chinese companies from participating in the development of 5G technology in Costa Rica, in accordance with Washington's demands, “said the Reuters agency. On Tuesday, another Costa Rican policy from the opposition was deprived of an American visa.

84-year-old Oscar Arias was the president of Costa Rica in 1986–1990 and in 2006-2010. In 1987 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in mediation in conversations for the peace plan for Central America.

The US offers help in “punishment”

At the beginning of February, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Costa Rica and offered help to Chaves in “punishing” Costa Rica officials who cooperate with “foreign entities pose a threat to cyber security of the country.” Earlier, Rubio visited the neighboring Panama, where he personally watched Start of a deportation aircraft to Colombia. He also expressed satisfaction with the fact that Panama intends to finish participation in the Chinese lane and road project.