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Interesting links. It says that most people are infected with this bacteria and that it is on the decline?
Stomach cancer is a very serious issue, as is being hit by a car in CR. The latter being more likely.
Paraguay, yes scott, I am in Paraguay for another year. I am working in the U.S. Embassy and will be for another year before we move back to Costa Rica.
And IICA is a offshoot, you must know this because IICA is very big in Costa Rica and when you ask about 90% of the Ticos they know where it is and what it means to their country.
Normal Stuff, well I have seen many organizations in the Central and South America that are like IICA such as USAID, Germany, UK, Spain, Brazil and many other countries have simular goverment run programs that all give information to help with Economic, Health, Agreculture and social programs (normal stuff). With out these organiztions many countries such as Costa Rica and Paraguay would be lost be strugeling worse than they are.
For example: Costa Rica! Where do you think that they get the experiance, money, knowledge and training from to control boarders and drug trafficing problems? I can tel you it is not Costa Rica!!!
Here in Paraguay they have the experiance from a goverment run German organziation that is simular to the USAID conducting water studies to improve their water quality for drinking water. I can tell you that Paraguay like most of Central America does not have the money to spend on water treatment plants like in every city in the U.S or UK!
Now do I personally think that any of this will change the culture of Costa Rica or Paraguay (god I hope not!!!) I think Costa Rica has bigger problems such as the loss of their land to foriegners and the impact that it will have on their medical sytem and social service. However Costa Rica knows that to survive they will have to have outside support in many areas to over come problems and they are always willing to recive money for it.
Scott Benson
ParaguayYou have to be kidding us right, ticorealtor?
You say that:
“For example: Costa Rica! Where do you think that they get the experiance, money, knowledge and training from to control boarders and drug trafficing problems? I can tel you it is not Costa Rica!!!”
Like the US has this under control? Are you serious?
Forgive me if we all laugh out loud – very loud.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comDon’t laugh to loud Scott other wise you would be eating your words. I have a little bit of insite that I can not say to much about, but it is true that for the last five years Costa Rica has been able to stop alot of problems of drug trafficing and it is only because of the U.S. Money and training!
Where do you think the Ticos got the money for the boats, helicopters, ect for their goverment to catch the Kilos of drugs that show up in the papers and TV????? I can tell you that it was not from the U.K. !
Also you have to understand it is not the U.S. primarly asking to give the money or support it is mainly the countries such as Costa Rica and Paraguay that is asking for the support. They know that they cannot afford to go it alone and need the training and finacial support.
Question where do you think that the Costa Ricans can go for training of their police force to combat drug trafficing?
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The UK may be more bankrupt than the USA so the Brits are certainly not going to be able to help anybody but that’s not what I was referring to TicoRealtor….
I was referring to the fact that the US is by far the largest legal and illegal drug consuming nation in the world and depending on the source, the USA has 300,000 – 1,000,000 illegal immigrants walking across the border into the USA every year…
This is hardly a great example of how to “control boarders and drug trafficing problems?” (Your spelling not mine).
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comHmmm examples?
Well it is easy to spew numbers but really Scott is that acurate? How many countries in the world has the population and the amount of large cities such as LA, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Dallas, Houston, Miami ect…. I could try to name all of the large cities that the U.S. has but I am sure that you could see that no other country alone has what the U.S. has. Then put the police forces, DEA, FBI and other large departments that the United States has, then Yes the U.S. is a example. If you look at how all of the agencies work together compared to other countries with that mount of people and cities than it is what other countries want to learn from.
I don’t think the U.K. could keep up with the U.S. compared to size and city population than put the boarder issues and drugs in the mix and they would have been crying for help from the U.S.
Oh! Yeah!
I also read the 500+ page ‘The Politics Of Heroin – CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade’ by Alfred McCoy last year’
You can see more about the book at:
If that book doesn’t shake your belief in the ‘system’ nothing will …
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comthat sounds interesting. Scott Benson should read some of these books, especially Legacy of Ashes, a documented history of all the assassinations, coups, and drug trafficking the US has been involved in for the last few decades.
And you read John Stockwell?
Former CIA Station Chief in Angola in 1976, working for then Director of the CIA, George Bush. He spent 13 years in the agency. He estimates that over 6 million people have died in CIA covert actions, and this was in the late 1980’s.
Americas Third World War. How 6 million People Were killed in CIA secret wars against third world countries.
[ http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4068.htm ]
hey brad, are you in costa rica? we could get together and talk about CIA coups and assassinations! lol
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