Costa Rico to help 8000 Cubans on their way

to the U.S. after Nicaraugua closed it's borders.

Thousands of Cuban migrants stuck in Costa Rica may soon be on their way to their final destination.

On Monday evening, the office of the Costa Rican President announced an agreement between Costa Rica and El Salvador in which Cubans would fly from Costa Rica to El Salvador then take buses to Mexico.

The preliminary plan was hashed out at a meeting in Guatemala, where the governments of Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica participated.

Nicaraguan leaders, which arguably caused the crisis by closing its border Nov. 15, was not present at the meeting, according to the Costa Rican government.

Since the crisis started, Costa Rica was forced to open 37 shelters to house nearly 6,000 Cuban migrants, which include men, women and children.

The Guatemalan meeting has ended on a positive note, said Foreign Relations Minister Manuel Gonzalez.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/12/29/deal-reached-on-cubans-stranded-in-costa-rica/

Reps. Granger and Cuellar were scheduled to be in Costa Rica through Wednesday (and planned to visit one of the 37 shelters housing thousands of Cuban migrants during their stay. Costa Rica issued 8,000 temporary transit visas to Cuban migrants between Nov. 14 and Dec. 18.

http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/12/30/us-representative-meets-costa-rican-president-discuss-cuban-migrant-crisis-visit-shelter