Costa Rica in the World Today
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About this event
His Excellency Mr Armando Vargas Araya is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Costa Rica to the Commonwealth of Australia, since 7 August 2019.
A writer and historian awarded with the National History Prize and a member of five national or foreign learned academies, he is the author of 31 books on different aspects of communications, culture and politics.
He has been a university professor and guest speaker at professional events and academic centres in some twenty countries of the Americas, Asia and Europe.
A former cabinet minister in the Communications Portfolio, he has served as Ambassador on Special Missions to Argentina, El Salvador and Cuba. Five Latin American and European countries have decorated him.
With a considerable international career in the private sector as a strategist on communications and IT, he has been a vice-president or director in satellite communications corporations both in the UK and the US.
In his presentation to the Wellington Branch, Canberra-based Ambassador Araya will provide an overview of Costa Rica's foreign policy and engagement with New Zealand.
Please note, Old Government Buildings, Lecture Theatre 2 has wheelchair access.
Organiser The Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs
Organiser of Costa Rica in the World Today
The Wellington Branch, situated in the capital city and NZIIA’s largest branch, gets some great speakers passing through: diplomats, politicians, academics, military, trade and NGO experts. The branch generally has two meetings a month at 5.30pm in the Victoria University Law School not far from the Railway Station. It benefits also from access to National Office meetings and events.
