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[quote=”ticorealtor”][quote=”kevin.smith”]
This may shed some light on the “why are the US Armed forces in CR”?
[/quote]Of course, it’s the Venezuelan elections why didn’t I think of that…. Just like why we did Medcaps in Paraguay, for the water and the secret base!
:idea:[/quote]Huge oilfield find in Paraguay last year also.http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2010/08/26/brazil-and-venezuela-two-turning-point-e#more13320
This may shed some light on the “why are the US Armed forces in CR”?
According to official US aid agency documents, Washington has poured over $50 million dollars into the coffers of opposition controlled NGO’s and political “fronts” which promote US interests in the run up to the elections, focusing on unifying the squabbling opposition factions, subsidizing the 70% private mass media and financing opposition controlled community groups in middle and lower class neighborhoods. Unlike the US, Venezuela does not require recipients of overseas funds acting on behalf of a foreign power to register as foreign agents. The Rightwing campaign focuses on government corruption and drug trafficking, a line echoed by the White House and the New York Times, forgetting to mention that Venezuela’s Attorney General announced the prosecution of 2,700 cases of individual corruption and 17,000 cases of drug trafficking. The opposition and the Washington Post cite the case of the state distribution system (PDVAL) failing to deliver several thousand tons of food, causing it to rot and go to waste but they failed to mention that the three former directors are in jail and that the food ministry provides one-third of staple food consumption in the country at prices up to one-half lower than the private supermarketsRON PAUL 2012! Thats all I can say about amerikas foreign policy and humanitarian aid.Rest assured anything the US gummint has touched in the last 20 years has turned into a giant dusty dog turd. When israhell starts carpet bombing Iran,the straits of hurmoz(SPL?)will be closed and oil will skyrocket,this in turn leaves America no choice but to seize the Panama Canal in return. Or is Nica in hot water for defying the zionists’ and aiding the flotilla,rumor has it the israeli ambassador has been asked to leave Nica,or is it Venezuela? Who knows,but NO good will come out of this spreading of empire.:shock:
[quote=”ticorealtor”]We haven’t left yet! After doing some sitting and waiting for the boarder issues, we are now looking at taking a different path. Hopefully we will be down there around the second week of September.
We were going to drive down there with our dog and cat with our 3 year old daughter. So we have to take extra precautions and planning.[/quote]I’ve been trying to find a cargo ship that might take me and my family along with our 20ft container to puerto limon,not having much luck with that as of now,but i do feel it would be the best way to get there as Im deathly afraid of flying these days.
[quote=”ticorealtor”]Well today we decided we might start looking at other options.
So we are going to start shipping our house hold goods and a car down to Costa Rica. Mexico is still to risky to drive with the family down. Its more than a 50/50 chance that you would get pulled over by the Zetas and not the police on the major highways from the boarder to Monterey. 🙁 So we decided to possibly forgo the road trip until next year if the situation gets better.[/quote]Have you considered the bus trip from laaredo to southern mex? Some friends just got back on Sunday from a surf trip to la ticla and they had no problems at all.Not sure how buying a car in mex would work out once ya got down there,might end up being a paperwork headache.[quote=”ticorealtor”]Today my wife and I were talking to some Mexican friends and they said we should be fine, just get across the boarder, get thru Neuvo Leon, get on the told road, get off of the roads before dark.
We might attempt this departure around the 15th or so.[/quote]Good deal, if you’re talkin to mex locals then that says alot,You’ve actually inspired me to start looking into driving to CR for my move,from 1985 thru 2001 i drove to mex twice a year for surf,I HATE the airlines and the gestapo tactics of the TSA and a boat is too expensive,Im going to buy a 24ft enclosed trailer and pack all the families sentimentals and hit the road to SJO to the local ARCR office for my transfers,then rent in the grande area for 6 months to a year and I’m not looking back. Good luck n God Bless. Keep us posted on your endeavours.
kmore maps
http://www.milebymile.com/Het TR,be safe with the travels,a friend was in nuevo progresso near south padre island tx a few days ago,and the locals there are telling the tourist’s to leave before dark due to the zetas doing random drivebys. Laredo should be alright during the day and definitely stay on the toll roads as long as you can.Dont forget to buy mexico insurance for the vehicle,last time I drove in mex we got to the border at 5a.m. and by 7am we were on the road to puerto vaallarta.I realize you are headed due south you should make san luis potosi in 8 hrs from laredo.here’s a link with maps.http://www.virtualmex.com/mexico_state_map.htm
[quote=”Scott”]Costa Rican Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Entry of US Military.
See more at: [ http://www.narconews.com/Issue66/article4169.html
]Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.com[/quote]Good news![quote=”tomstew1″][quote=”kevin.smith”]….and yet the entire country is still safer than Houston TX. Nowhere is perfect.[/quote]
I live in Houston and have a house in Palo Seco…I don’t have to pay someone to guard my house 24hrs a day in Houston. I do in Palo Seco….Theft is like a national sport in CR.
Sorry, couldn’t resist 🙂
Scott: You always seem to find a way to try and bash the USA…Why is that?[/quote]So,then does your HOA require an alarm system inside this gated community?:lol:
Sorry,couldn’t resist. As far as being safer CR beats Houston hands down.first trip in 92?? I think,flew into sj and bought a map and drove to Tamarindo,dirt road,2 ice machines and 3 pay phones,the wife was petrified at the fact all I had was 2 airline tickets and a map,that was a memorable trip,surfing up and down the guaanacaste for 34 days would have to be top 10 of all trips.
[quote=”maravilla”]i just don’t want to hear anymore uninformed expats saying this is about drug interception. there is something big on the horizon and most of the people i meet are completely ignorant of any or all of it. ugh[/quote]Yep, been coming down there for 16 years and slowly building my way to retirement in CR,first and foremost reason was, freedom from empire and the crumbling society of amerika and the sociopaths in our gummint.I’ve never felt safer than in CR,but now I dont know,hopefully the citizens of the fine country of CR will recognize this threat to their sovereignty and rise against this invasion,I pray they do not abandon their dedication to peace. Amerika is the last thing CR wants to be!I’m more than certain the US buildup is for Nicaragua’s bold argument against zionism!
[quote=”maravilla”]we must be reading the same sources. what is all of this going to mean for us Expats who have invested heavily in costa rica? we supported the coup in honduras last year; what’s down the pipeline? elections in nicaragua next year; mess in honduras still, cesar is still pissing off the U.S., geez — one of the reasons i moved here was because there was no military. what a dummy i am!
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20171%5B/quote%5DAgreed. Most who leave amerika are reading the same sites:? and have the same outlook on the empire.Costa Rica’s lack of a military culture has been enshrined, and is part and parcel of their overall happiness. Forty-six warships, 200 helicopters, and 7000 troops being sent to patrol the coastal waters of Costa Rica sends the world a false message that Costa Rica is in some way needy of this massive loan of the American military. Furthermore, the entire region is moving away from neoliberalism, and toward solidarity, in an attempt to build a sovereign Latin America.
I guess I’ll look elsewhere,but where else have the tentacles of Rome A.D. not touched?[quote=”deborahadams1″][quote=”mbuhler”]I used to think that my biggest concerns about living in Costa Rica were concerns about theft, about being able to learn the language, and about whether my wife would be able to find enough true friends to replace her circle of very close friends back home. Whatever my #1 concern was, however, it has instantly been supplanted with “46 US warships & 7,000 US Marines on route to Costa Rica”. I cannot think of much else that would more quickly and completely turn me off to my dream of retiring in Costa Rica than for the country to lose its heritage of peace and independence and be ruined by the influence and presence of the U.S. military. OK, OK, the Chinese or Russian military would be a quicker and more complete turn off! If the country doesn’t desperately need the U.S. military, their presence is a big concern. If the country does desperately need them, then I guess I need to rethink whether I really want to be in the country.
I agree with you I have been planning on moving to Costa Rica for about 2 years and now that there are 46 US warships, 200 helicopters and 7,000 US Marines this really concerns me. Why are they REALLY there? I have heard things from defense against Venezuela to building military bases, fighting drugs ect. I think it’s all plans of the NWO![/quote]
War on Drugs?
Most of these measures have been justified on the grounds of combating drug trafficking, including the military buildup in Costa Rica. However, they have not curtailed this problem at all. Such U.S. military buildups have generally been accompanied by an increase in drug trafficking, as has happened in both Columbia and Afghanistan. Based on this record it can only be concluded that the “War on Drugs” rationale is a red herring for public relations consumption, not the actual motivation.The u.s. is playing with the possibility of erupting a continental conflict for the sake of corporate profits.
