Central America denies Cuban migrants “humanitarian corridor”

COSTA RICA’S president walked  out of a meetings of presidents of the  Central American Integration group (SICA) because they will not collaborate in creating  a “humanitarian corridor” to allow the passage of Cuban migrants stranded in his country.

President  Luis Guillermo Solis said Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua were” not collaborating” so he decided to get out of the meeting in San Salvador on Saturday December 19.

At a press conference, back in San Jose, Solis said the measure is indefinite and clarified that this does not mean an “out” of the  system, nor that Costa Rica has suspended its activities in the economic entities of SICA.

The Costa Rican government also announced that it will suspend the issuance of extraordinarytransit visas ro  new Cuban migrants seeking to cross its borders, asthe country has no capacity to serve more people.

So far, the Costa Rican authorities report that almost 8,000  Cubans remain in its territory, pending a solution that allows them to continue their way to the United States.

During a meeting held on December 15 in Havana, the president of Cuba, Raul Castro, and his Costa Rican counterpart they agreed that the situation of Cubans stranded in this Central American country en route to the United States requires a workable solution “as soon as possible”