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### Viewing cable 08SANJOSE484, COSTA RICA AND VENEZUELA TO EXCHANGE NEW

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08SANJOSE484 | 2008-06-06 19:27 | 2011-04-18 20:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy San Jose

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    VZCZCXYZ0016
    PP RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHSJ #0484/01 1581927
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    P 061927Z JUN 08
    FM AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9817
    INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
    RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 1126

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SAN JOSE 000484

    SIPDIS

    DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN, WHA/AND, AND INR

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/06/2018
    TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR OFDP VZ CS
    SUBJECT: COSTA RICA AND VENEZUELA TO EXCHANGE NEW
    AMBASSADORS

    Classified By: DCM Peter M. Brennan, Reason 1.4(d).

    ¶1. (U) On June 4, the Costa Rican Cabinet approved leftist
    former presidential candidate Vladimir de la Cruz as the
    GOCR's new Ambassador-designate to Venezuela. On June 5,
    Alejandro Solano, MFA Deputy Director of Foreign Policy, told
    us that he expected De la Cruz to arrive in Caracas "in a
    couple of weeks." A brief bio of De la Cruz appears below.

    ¶2. (SBU) Solano added that the COGR had no problems with the
    new Venezuelan Ambassador-designate to Costa Rica, who had
    not been named publicly for protocol reasons, and that the
    MFA hoped to formally accept his appointment as early as June
    ¶5. The  Venezuelan Ambassador-designate replaced Jose Huerta
    Castillo, whose appointment languished for months and was
    ultimately not accepted by the GOCR due to a scandal
    involving Huerta in Paraguay. Solano confirmed the BRV's
    designate to be "a representative to an international
    organization headquartered in the U.S."

    ¶3. (U) Begin biography of Vladimir de la Cruz:

    Manuel Vladimir de la Cruz de Lemos
    Costa Rican Ambassador to Venezuela

    Age: 61 years
    DOB: July 17, 1946

    Background:

     -- Dean of Social Science and Professor, Universidad
    Nacional (leftist-leaning).
     -- Three-time presidential candidate of Fuerza Democratica
    Party (socialist) in 1998, 2002 and 2006.
     -- Candidate for National Assembly, 2002 and 2006.
     -- Advisor, National Assembly, 1998-2002.
     -- Political affiliations: Frente de Accion Universitaria
    (1967-1972); Partido Socialista (1973-1980); Fuerza
    Democratica (since 1996).
     -- Historian, academic and researcher, Universidad Nacional
    and Universidad de Costa Rica.
     -- Director of the "Work Studies Institute" (IESTRA, Spanish
    acronym), Universidad Nacional.

    Education:

     -- Bachelor's in Law, graduate degree in History,
    Universidad de Costa Rica.

    Additional:

     -- De la Cruz describes himself as "progressive, democrat
    and leftist."

    Personal:

     -- Married to Anabelle Picado.
     -- Four children:  Yalena (commentator for La Nacion
    newspaper), Lautaro, Presbere and Tupac Amaru.

    End Bio.

    ¶4. (C) COMMENT:  De la Cruz's appointment is somewhat
    puzzling. By background and inclination, he may be
    sympathetic to the BRV's outlook and initiatives. On the
    other hand, the Arias administration has kept its distance
    from Chavez, with President Arias himself publicly
    criticizing the Venezuelan leader on more than one occasion.
    So why appoint De La Cruz? We speculate that Arias may be
    looking to improve Costa Rican-Venezuelan relations (or at
    least reduce frictions) in order to position himself at some
    point to moderate Venezuelan tensions with the region. Arias
    has periodically "offered his services" in this regard in
    conversations with visiting USG officials. Entering the last
    half of his administration, the Nobel Prize winner may also
    be looking to play a larger role in regional and global
    politics, his well-known and long-time passion. Domestically,
    Arias has also been accused of abandoning his "socialist"
    roots, and appointing De la Cruz may be one way the president
    can burnish his leftist intellectuals, now that the bruising
    domestic political debate over CAFTA-DR is almost over.

    In his younger days, De la Cruz was a firebrand leftist who
    advocated revolutionary causes, but he appears to have
    mellowed over time. In a June 6 interview with "La Republica"
    newspaper, De la Cruz said that while he still considers
    himself a socialist, "I've matured and (now) understand that
    the development of a revolution in Costa Rica can only be
    done through democratic means, using the mechanisms that the

    Constitution provides." It remains to be seen what impact De
    la Cruz can and will actually have, however. When asked by a
    radio interviewer what he hopes to achieve during his term as
    Ambassador, De la Cruz replied, "I don't know."
    CIANCHETTE

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