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### Viewing cable 09SANJOSE591, COSTA RICA: MINISTER RODRIGO ARIAS VISITS SOUTHCOM

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09SANJOSE591 | 2009-07-15 13:01 | 2011-03-16 17:05 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Embassy San Jose

Appears in these articles:
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-16/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2715440.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-16/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2715446.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-16/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2715448.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-16/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2715447.aspx

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    UNCLAS SAN JOSE 000591

    SENSITIVE
    SIPDIS

    DEPT FOR WHA/CEN, WHA/PPC, INL/LP AND PM, SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR
    FPA

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PREL PGOV MASS PINR OVIP CS
    SUBJECT: COSTA RICA: MINISTER RODRIGO ARIAS VISITS SOUTHCOM

    REF: A. SAN JOSE 587
         ¶B. SAN JOSE 525

    ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 8, Rodrigo Arias, Minister of the
    Presidency and brother of President Oscar Arias, visited
    SOUTHCOM, focusing on high-level strategic security
    cooperation.  Minister Arias told us the GOCR was grateful
    for the USG's (and in particular, SOUTHCOM's) strong
    bilateral security relationship with Costa Rica as well as
    the last two years of increased humanitarian assistance (Ref
    B).  Arias briefed new SOUTHCOM Commanding General Douglas
    Fraser on the GOCR's renewed focus on long-delayed security
    reforms and requested even more cooperation and assistance
    from SOUTHCOM (and USG in general for programs such as
    Merida).  Finally, Arias discussed the current Honduran
    political crisis (Ref A).  This visit represented the highest
    level visit from the Arias Administration since it took
    office in 2006 and was a long-planned reciprocal visit to
    Admiral Stavridis' December 2008 visit to Costa Rica.

    ¶2. (SBU) On July 8, Minister Arias, who is the Prime Minister
    equivalent and oversees Costa Rica's intelligence service
    (DIS) as well as its ONDCP equivalent (ICD), met with new
    SOUTHCOM Commander General Fraser and provided him a focused
    brief on the Arias Administration's priorities.  Arias was
    accompanied by Luis Diego Escalante, Costa Rican Ambassador
    to the United States and Lorena Sanchez, Costa Rican Consul
    General in Miami.  Arias explained that since "the bruising
    CAFTA debate was now over," his brother's administration had
    shifted its full attention to long-overdue security reforms.
    Arias said that recently completed reforms included the
    passage of a victims and witness protection law as well as an
    organized crime bill (expected to be signed into law soon).
    The organized crime law will include important provisions on
    the establishment of a national communications interception
    (wiretap) center, critical to criminal prosecutions.

    ¶3. (SBU) After receiving the JIATF-S counternarcotics
    briefing, Arias agreed and emphasized that Costa Rica's
    geographical location was a critical drug transshipment point
    on the Isthmus.  Arias underscored that Costa Rica had become
    far more than just a drug transit country, it was now a major
    "warehouse" for illegal drugs in storage (mainly cocaine),
    while awaiting further shipment north.

    ¶4. (SBU) Minister Arias thanked SOUTHCOM (and the USG in
    general) for its assistance over the past few years in both
    counternarcotics and humanitarian programs.  When asked if
    Costa Rica would accept further and perhaps even more
    assistance in the future, Arias resoundingly replied that
    Costa Rica would welcome enhanced assistance and cooperation.
     He said that Costa Rica needed all the help it could get,
    especially considering the increasingly high rate of both
    petty and violent crime in the country.  Arias specifically
    requested more assistance in counter drug operations and more
    (and sustained) Merida Initiative assistance.

    ¶5. (SBU) Finally, Arias discussed the Honduran political
    crisis (see Ref A for full read-out).

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    COMMENT
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    ¶6. (SBU) This long-awaited visit by Minister Arias to
    SOUTHCOM paid off and validated the increased level of
    military support that DoD, as implemented mainly by SOUTHCOM,
    has provided to Costa Rica over the past two years.  Arias
    clearly appreciated the support that Costa Rica had received
    and looked forward to even more USG assistance.  Ambassador
    Escalante, meanwhile, clearly views his role in Washington as
    one of obtaining/advocating for further security assistance
    from, and cooperation with, the U.S.

    ¶7. (U) Post thanks SOUTHCOM and JIATF-South for putting this
    visit together, which we see as an important milestone in the
    USG-GOCR relationship.
    BRENNAN

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