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Redbaron – Thank you for your answer; I also never met Monge Senior but knew his daughter many years ago.
Thank you also for your marathon of posts over the last few days; your passion is inspiring. Costa Rica is not the same for me this time, but having left when I was 24 I can honestly say that after living in numerous countries since, this is the only one that made me feel I must come back….home at last…
I do not know where you obtain your news from, but… See below an article published in La Nacion confirming that according to the international monitors, the referendum has been carried out in order and its results are to be considered legitimate without any question. According to the OAS, “transcurre en completo orden y con gran espíritu cívico”.
OEA asegura que referendo transcurre en completo orden
San José (AFP). La Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) aseguró hoy al mediodía de que el referendo en Costa Rica para decidir el destino del TLC con Estados Unidos “transcurre en completo orden y con gran espíritu cívico”.
El jefe de la misión de la OEA, el canadiense Paul Duran, dijo que sus más de 80 observadores pudieron constatar que “el proceso se está desarrollando ordenadamente, de acuerdo con lo previsto, y con un gran espíritu cívico”.
“Nosotros instamos a los ciudadanos a que sigan votando, con ese civismo que siempre ha caracterizado a los costarricenses”, declaró en rueda de prensa.
Duran dijo que la OEA tomará en cuenta “en su informe final” las denuncias que se presentaron en las últimas horas de que hubo presiones del gobierno estadounidense para que los costarricenses voten a favor del TLC.
No obstante, es a los costarricenses “a los que corresponde decir si se trata de una injerencia o no”, agregó.
Más de 2,6 millones de costarricenses están habilitados a participar en el primer referendo de su historia para decidir sobre el TLC.
I wish the people of Costa Rica only the best and I continue to hope for their total well-being, now and always….Que siempre viva la Pura Vida de Tiquicia…
Simondg, I know the feeling–being a child born in exile, I never quite felt at home where I grew up, but “home” was born in my heart the first year I spent in Costa Rica….when they still said “tuanis” and it sounded cool…(LOL)
To those gloating:
Gloating is an emotion that is motivated when you’re pleased about an event that is undesirable for another. Just a simple definition and so aptly portrayed this evening….
Of which I’ll let Bronte & Tolstoy be the ones to express my feelings as it’s very late here in the sometimes not so gentle Monster of the North:
“Had I seen it depicted in a novel, I should have thought it unnatural; had I heard it described by others, I should have deemed it a mistake or an exaggeration; but when I saw it with my own eyes, and suffered from it too, I could only conclude that excessive vanity, like drunkenness, hardens the heart, enslaves the faculties, and perverts the feelings; and that dogs are not the only creatures which, when gorged to the throat, will yet gloat over what they cannot devour, and grudge the smallest morsel to a starving brother.” Anne Bronte.
“Well then, gloat over it.” Leo Tolstoy in War & Peace
Jose Marti said how I feel best, while I’m in or out of Costa Rica, but most passionately when I’m there (I think maybe others in WLCR may feel similarly):
(If you can read Spanish, please read the original text after my translation–Jose Marti’s words are simply beautiful and it’s difficult to do them justice. For those that cannot, please read my humble attempt to honor his words):
“With the poor of this world
I take my fate:
The mountain stream
pleases me more than the sea.Give the vain tender gold
In crucible smoldering and shiny:
As for me, give me an eternal forest
When the sun breaks through.The Bishop of Spain seeks
Pilars for his altar,
In my temple, in the mountain
The poplar is the pilar!And the carpeting is pure ferns.
The walls of birch,
Light comes from the ceiling,
The ceiling of blue sky.”
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Jose Marti’s original verses:“Con los pobres de la tierra
Quiero yo mi suerte echar:
El arroyo de la sierra
Me complace más que el mar.Denle al vano el oro tierno
Que arde y brilla en el crisol:
A mí denme el bosque eterno
Cuando rompe en él el sol.Busca el obispo de España
Pilares para su altar;
¡En mi templo, en la montaña,
El alamo es el pilar!Y la alfombra es puro helecho,
Y los muros abedul,
Y la luz viene del techo,
Del techo de cielo azul.”Simondg, most of us here at WLCR have varied viewpoints, but we have a common bond of our love and respect for Costa Rica and humanity. I think we have all been expressing it as best as possible without loosing sight that whatever views expressed, the people are expressing them because they feel that it would benefit that wonderful country. I prefer a more positive approach, although sometimes highly challenging, because this will not only let you live longer, but your thinking becomes more creative, integrative, flexible and open to all information when your mindset is such. Of course, negativity breeds exactly the opposite. It does the soul & body good to be positive and now scientific research can show it. What’s not to love about a culture that produced an everyday saying/greeting as PURA VIDA! I will forever be enamored with that land and it’s people and also with those that love and support them…Buenas Noches…
Rebeca, While I don’t want to promote smoking either, I would certainly appreciate some of your uncle’s cigars. I would then like to be able to purchase them to hand out to my friends so they can enjoy them as well, while helping to stimulate Cuba’s economy.
Every Cuban I have ever met, or had the pleasure of corresponding with on the net, including you, has has helped me to realize what wonderful people they are. Many I have met in Costa Rica. Their charm, grace, and love of family has greatly impressed me. The Cuban/Americans I have met here in the US have been some of the hardest working people I have ever seen. They will do very well as a nation as they move from under the yoke of repression, both domestic and foreign.I awoke to the news of the agreement passing. The Ticos have made their decision! May God bless Costa Rica as it makes its own way toward a new future. They will come through with flying colors, as they did fifty years ago in starting their own democracy.
(Reb)You speak from a very high horse as if only your opinion on this TLC matter is correct. And those that have disagreed with you are just poor deluded souls lost in greed and/or ignorance. I also like your passion but you sound a tad bit arrogant lol!, or maybe it is just all that passion…Anyway lets all hope for the best for this sweet place called Costa Rica!
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Alfred, thank you for your kind words. We all have to hope for the best for that wonderful country because no matter their choice, the road ahead will be difficult, but I have faith they will find a way.
Lotus, The post was not meant for those in the SI group, it was clearly marked for those that “gloated.” Unless something we don’t know about went down in CR, Costa Ricans practiced their incredible form of democracy yesterday by showing up to the polls as they did. Like I’ve said before, my heart stands behind them as it always has in the past. Forgive me if you or anyone else believed it was directed at the opposition, it most certainly was not….
To all,
Whether it is good or not (TLC) shall be determined in the future. I have it from one good source that they (who opposed TLC) will now concentrate on making sure this “free trade” is in reality done as those (for TLC) said it would be. If not then in 1.5 years they will see that those are not re-elected. I think that is just the way it should be. Costa Rica proved that it is willing to control it’s destiny by the total number that voted. Should it work as said (if there is any truth to the definitions of what CAFTA means), then they will concentrate on helping as best as they can.
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