President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador and President Rodrigo Chavez of Costa Rica on Monday. agreed Creating a League of Nations, a bloc of like-minded small developing countries with common goals in security, economics, and other areas.
President Chavez, a group with a promising future but no official name yet explainedwill start in El Salvador and Costa Rica and aim to advance joint ideas and present them to the administration of President-elect Donald Trump and the rest of the world.
The two presidents made the announcement after a closed-door meeting during Bukele's two-day visit to Costa Rica.
“We will start by looking for small countries with clear and well-defined objectives of security and prosperity, and we will begin working to develop a joint proposal for the rest of the world and the new U.S. government,” Chavez said. he said.
Chavez said the two presidents felt a “spark” in bilateral talks aimed at creating a future bloc. Hanseatic Leaguea group of merchant guilds and market towns in central and northern Europe active from the 12th to the 17th centuries.
The President of Costa Rica went on to explain that the purpose of the proposed organization is to transform “crisis in prosperity,” adding, “We aim to become a very big club because we are a very good club.” “I'm not saying this is the case,” he emphasized. Issues of security and prosperity are “clearly within the framework of democracy.”
Chávez cited foreign direct investment, international trade, cross-border security, combating drug trafficking and immigration as issues that the group's members will address.
“And that vision of becoming a member of the richest nation in the world was born today after an hour of work, and with God's help and hard work we intend to nip it in the bud,” Chavez said. said.
President Nayib Bukele said that the idea of the group was Costa Rican's, and that Costa Rica would carry out the necessary procedures and begin construction of the future headquarters of the League.
“We will invite countries whose governments are like-minded and want to bring the highest levels of prosperity, economic growth, trade and security to their people, so that we can always make progress,” Bukele said. We can prevent them from passing us by,” Bukele said. .
“The worst thing to do in a crisis is not to take advantage of it. The best thing is not to have a crisis, but when there is a crisis, you have to take the good with it,” Bukele said. continued. “We are confident that there are leaders in this region who think that way and support the welfare of our people, and we will invite them at the appropriate time and sign an agreement of understanding with the founding partners of this plan. The League of Nations. ”
Bukele celebrated the announcement with a short message on his Twitter account that read “League of Nations.” Bukele added the flags of El Salvador and Costa Rica to the text and said, “More flags are coming soon.”
During Bukele's two-day visit to Costa Rica, the two countries reportedly signed several agreements in areas such as the economy and energy. President Chavez too Award Bukele received the Juan Mora Fernández National Medal with the degree of Grand Cross Gold Plate, the highest honor Costa Rica bestows on a head of state. Mr. Boucle received the award in recognition of El Salvador's progress in security, primarily as a result of his crackdown on gang violence.
President of El Salvador too announced El Salvador announced Tuesday it would send a plane carrying a delegation of humanitarian aid and rescue workers to Costa Rica to assist local authorities after Hurricane Rafael's torrential rains battered the country.
Bukele said humanitarian aid and rescue workers were also “ready” to head to Valencia, Spain, to help European countries in the aftermath of the deadly Dana flash floods, but the Spanish government said “for whatever reason” international aid was not available. He claimed not to have accepted it. , so I end up sending it to Costa Rica instead.
“See? These visits bring results. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and may God bless you,” President Chávez told Mr. Boucle.
Bukele will reportedly end his visit to Costa Rica on Tuesday by visiting the local San José prison and holding a joint press conference with journalists.
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan writer who chronicles life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
