UN General Assembly
2024

There is no doubt that Nicolás Maduro did not win the elections, just as there is no doubt that he intends to remain in power at all costs. Let us not allow repression and dictatorship in Venezuela to become normalized once again. This is not the only violation of democratic principles in my region. Thousands of people cross our northern border daily, fleeing the repression of a dictatorship that has lasted nearly three decades in Nicaragua. A dictatorship that has deprived them of their freedom, their human rights, their dreams, and even their citizenship, rendering them stateless. As Costa Rica was the first country in Latin America to grant nationality to a stateless person, we urge the international community to intensify efforts to eradicate this condition of vulnerability. We also cannot continue to be indifferent to the situation in Haiti. The humanitarian crisis in that country has generated a minimal and immorally low response from the international community.