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” I know a lot of Salvadorians that would vomit to hear that the US was actually what saved El Salvador when they still have relatives that are “missing” and of course others they can only now remember since they’re dead”
Tell me who created the Death Squads? was it the land owners or the peasants? Who did the U.S. back? Who did the communist back? Why did El Salvadorians flea to the U.S. if we were so bad? Today is there Communist parties there and are they in political power?
You know brad, You really are the one that dosent get it. This is old news, and I would have to say I REALLY REALLY KNOW ALOT MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC of Paraguay! How ever as many people try to convince themselfs of rumors and properganda than they can spin things out of countrol! But it is very interesting why you would think that the U.S. would even want a base here? I would love to hear your opinion!
I would give you one clue TBA! How ever there will never be a U.S. base here!
So really if they are refuee’s than why do they keep their U.S. passports? Wouldn’t you say that if the issue was permanent that they would burn their U.S. passports?
Wow, misguided and misinformed. I guess than the El Salvadorian guide that I had showing us the country was misinformed as well. Maybe you should explain to her that she and her family should not have escaped El Salvador to the United States, but instead should have moved to Russia at that time! I am sure that she was misguided as well! You should also explain to her that it wasn’t because of Communism backing the wealthy land owners (which was about eight spainard familys) and creating DEATH SQUADS to hush up the peasants from revolting prior to the U.S. getting involved! Of course I am just a person that learns from real world experience not from the highly educated people like yourself!
Wow, your really off base! I am glade you are happy to be part of the ME generation, because now my generation has to pick up your mess! How ever I am not looking forward to working until I am 90 to pay your SS!
Have you ever been to El Salvador? If you haven’t I have a great contact in El Salvador that will tell you the story and reason why their problems started and if it wasn’t for the U.S. they would have been in a world of hurt now!
Even though I do agree with you regarding Israel, I think you are a little off kilter!
I would love to ask any of our grand fathers if they would think that the depression was a cake walk! If you agree that history does repeat itself than we have a great chance to rebound, like we always do. We might have to cut some of those ss benefits from the baby boomers though!
Yes, the world does depend on the U.S. do you think that any one countries other than the U.S. can purchase the amount of goods that china produces? Our world has become a world economy and if the U.S. defaults many jobs will be lost around the world and many economies will suffer greatly! Do you think that if the U.S. stops buying goods that are manufactured from countries such as China, that china will not suffer?
As for the world trade center, that is way off topic and that is for another day!
Scott, I respect your insight, how ever many people can spew figures and statistics but when it comes to reality that is different. I currently am involved in projects that 99 percent of other countries would not touch because of the costs. The U.S. puts huge amounts of money in to projects that is for the betterment of small countries. Here in Paraguay where it is the most impoverished countries in South America the U.S. is creating incredible differences to improve life.
In Paraguay embassy such as China, Russia and a host of others are planting themselves here but none have the capabilities as the U.S to deliver promises and none of the would out of charity!
Yes, you could say that countries such as the ones that you have listed could donate more per person, but the U.S. is much larger any of them and as a total the U.S. donates more than any of them!
I mean really, lets look at Norway! Does the statistics show that Norway donates more money and resources than the U.S. world wide?
I guess if history repeats it self than I would say we have great odds! During the great depression most people were saying the U.S. was doomed! How ever the U.S. did pull itself out of that mess and became one of the most charitable country in the world! The U.S. will come out a live like it always does. Even when September 11th happened most people would say that would have shut down any other country but the U.S. will survive! The world does depend on the U.S and if the U.S. shut down countries such as China would suffer the worst.
You know Scott, this information is great and it is informational but you might also want to show the history of how the U.S. has had its financial problems and have always bounced back! Do you believe that the problems of today will make the U.S. fall to its knees and collapse? Or do you think that the U.S. will be able to rise above this and in 20 years from now be the most productive country in the world?
History shows that the U.S. has always been able to bounce back, look at the great depression! Even during that time we were able to save Europe’s bacon!
I look at all of the statistics and am reminded of how you need to be carful of how you interpolate them, look at the sources and then look at reality!
I am sorry but I have to disagree with all of this ——–.
In my new position in Paraguay I have seen a side of the U.S.A that most of the people in this Forum have never seen. The average American gringo will live their life and not know really how much impact the U.S.A really has.I have seen and help facilitate projects that save life’s in Paraguay and if it was not for our country no one else would do the hard work. (china, Russia, U.K don’t have the will or the power to help in the magnitude) I have seen fire trucks, mammogram machines, ex ray machines donated to Paraguay with no costs attached.
You don’t see China, Russia, the U.K or any other countries give as much as the gringos of U.S.A! Either they don’t have the strength or the will to do what we do on a daily bases to help countries all thru out Latin America.This is not only in Paraguay, Costa Rica has been touched by the generosity of U.S. with projects that most of you don’t even know about and if it wasn’t for the U.S. those projects would never have happened!
So yes, you as the baby boomers that want to cry because you feel that you have lost what you think the U.S.A should look like go right a head, because as Gringos you came from the land of the free where you have choices that most countries wish they had.
You came from the ME generation, the generation of don’t trust the government because they are evil and this shows today by your actions!If you really want to go cheap!! Than stay away from the gringo hot spots and stay in the tico cabinas or areas where there is no tourist places. When you travel CR you will find many bed and breakfast places and hotels but they are owned by non Ticos, those are normally the expensive places. When my wife and I travel on a budget we stop at all the Tico places. One example is some pics that I posted in the photo gallery on this site; you will find cheap cabinas all over CR. One example that I love to show is some that even had cable TV and were A frame with banos and everything.
For me to go to CR and spend more than 35.00 a night is considered splurging! So beware of the tourista trap because you could have a very expensive vacation.
Well I am glad someone has a dress code! Man you look at all of the gringos coming off of the plane in CR and you think they are all rosta wanna be’s.
You can always tell the surfer dudes or the old time hippies because they wear the flip flops and shirts when they go down town to the government centers.The Latin cultures don’t dress in Hawaiian shirts and flip flops, you don’t see a tico wearing that.
I think it is hard for many people to look at some article objectively! We need to first look at the sources if they are creditable and non bias.
I have been to Panama since the early 80’s my first trip was in 1984. Up until the year 2000 it was like a second home to me. Many of the areas that are pointed out in some of the articles that this author was referencing to, I fondly still remember.
When the Panama cannel was given over many people would say the country of Panama was doomed. Instead many forgiven countries such as China came in and pumped money into their economy. Panama still has its problems like Costa Rica, and all the other Central and South American countries but it does have some major positive points that will keep that country afloat as long as shipping from the east to the west continues.Panama City has one of the largest banking systems in the world. I remember going there and thinking “wow why is a German, Italian, and many other banks here” Well its all because of the Canal. Money is transfer when a ship passes thru the canal and foreign banks are there to transfer the money!
Another issue that no one likes is the traffic of drugs from Columbia; this money is pumped into the economy and does create a lot of wealth!
As for the security… well it always has been a problem, but is it worse than California, New York, Kansas City? If you put all of the major cities in the U.S. and combine them what do you think the rate of crime would be? I know Gary Indiana would probably be worse than Panama City!!!! I do have to say though because the U.S. pulled out the Columbians have had a hay day and that is affecting the crime rate….
As for indigenous people in Panama.. Well if we look at the U.S in the 70’s do you think the North American Indians were in a better situation? The only reason why you don’t see CR in the same situation is because they never had a large population of indigenous people in the first place!!
If you really think that Panama is that bad come further south and you will see a whole different picture!
hmm I don’t know but normally when we go home we always bring gifts for our family and neighbors. When my wife and I brought our daughter home for the first time last August we recived socks from the next door kids.. on their birthday we took them to see a movie at the Terra Mall…
I would just bring the kids some toys or somthing from Canada!!
CRhomebuilder, I do beleive in many of the statments that you have pointed out above, how ever I believe that many of the items that you have stated is not just a Tico trate. As stated above I am currently living in Paraguay and have not noticed much of a difference in punctuality issue. Here in Paraguay they close most of the central shops, banks, goverments by 4:00 pm Downtown is not even open on Sundays! (The only places that are open is the shoping malls and other biz) I believe that most of the latin culture is stand offish and don´t say things up front, I have many examples in my office where I work with Paraguayins. As for the goverment problems, well if you think it is bad in CR then come to my world! Its about 10 times worse down here! In CR I recived my drivers license in about 30 min, but that was because of the line for the pictures. Here you better have some money in your hand to pay off the officials, police and any other goverment employee that you need a stamp from.
How ever I do believe that the reasons why people leave CR is because they come with a dream of what paradise should be and if it dosent fit and they can´t make it fit than they leave. They blame the Ticos and can´t see they are the true problem!
As I stated above Ticos are no differnt than any other culture in Central and South Americas, they are not any more special than a Chilean or a Paraguayian, they don´t have pixie dust and say Pura Vida to make the world better. Its just another place on earth with people just trying to get a head!
In Costa Rica they have the saying Pura Vida!
Here they have a saying, many people cry when they find out they are moving to Paraguay and many people cry when they find out they are leaving Paraguay!
