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I am sitting in the usa watching history occur.
Congratulations costa rica and lets watch the changes happen before our eyes and make costa rica a better,safer and more productive place for us all!!!
The closed monopoly system breeds ignorance,now there are a million reasons to change for the better giving the people new hope and dreams and maybe one day we dont have to look over our shoulders every minute!!!!
congratulations!!! A new day is here!!!!!I hope my sixth sense about this is wrong. Only a small majority seems to have voted CAFTA in place for Costa Rica. That does not bode well. The slightest perception of negative economic results for the country will likely spawn some massive demonstrations and possible work slowdowns, etc. So far as I can tell, the Ticos are not as humble and accepting of political edicts as perhaps the Mexicans and Dominicans. Fingers crossed here. Backlashes can be nasty.
My ex-lawyer is now working for Arias and I recall him telling me once that CAFTA was surely going to be ratified by Costa Rica. He had no doubts. He was also very optimistic about many other things which I attributed to his youth. Sometimes it almost seems that with enough optimism, a country can accomplish quite a bit. So I will sit on my skepticism for a while and watch how this unfolds.
Edited on Oct 08, 2007 06:52
I’d rather have gov’t monopolies than the rape and pillage multi-nationals jacking up the prices of everything they can. Wait til your basic phone service jumps from $7.00 a month to $50 because MCI, Worldcom, and their ilk set up shop in CR. This won’t be good for the Ticos. It won’t even be good for the expats. I’m not celebrating the passage of CAFTA; personally I think it’s a death knell for CR as we know it.
maravilla – how about having neither monopolies or the empire building, corporate subsidies etc..? How about letting people get on with their lives without interference?
No interference; are you kidding? It’s what we do best, telling other people how to live their lives. I’m very depressed over this CAFTA mess. Makes me wonder why I moved to CR.
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