Sep 29 2007
CAFTA TLC vote yes!
You have to be in Central America to understand what sort of a big deal CAFTA is. Here they call it TLC, Tratado de Libre Comercio.
The Central American Free Trade Agreement would enable private companies such as AT&T to move in and everything here would change drastically considering we only have a government owned division providing phonelines, internet lines and cellphone lines.
And guess what, right now they are out of GSM cell phone chips, so unless you buy a phone from someone who has already one registered, you have to wait.
I think it’s inevitable to have CAFTA come in place.
I don’t want too much of a change for Costa Rica, but believe that this country will benefit from it long term speaking. What do you think?
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3 Responses to “CAFTA TLC vote yes!”
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I think CAFTA is bad news for costa ricans. Your problems isn’t freetrade with america its government controlled utilities within your country. If the government actually ran efficiently then it wouldn’t be so bad. Actually I think government controlled public utilities/communications is philosophically a good idea considered that if a war breaks out communications will be the very first target. But this is costa rica were talking about, you guys don’t even have a military. Cafta got voted in from what I heard, but I also heard protest went on the next day. I have trust issues with voting. #1 Does the government defraud? #2 Are people educated enough to make a wise decision? My big issue with CAFTA is it reminds me of whats going on in china. We use them for labor, they drain us of our equiting within the international banking system. We lose our factories, we basically have 1/3 left of what we used to, they build up their infrastructure. They didn’t really need our trade to do this, they used thier labor, and their natural resources to build it. But the money system just made it make sense to them. Basically I’m down right calling you stupid. What will happen to 80% of natural costaricans is they will work really hard to produce stuff have it shipped over here and their currency will go up eventually on the bright side, but your entire way of life will change and you will be stuck going to wallmart and seeing american owned condo’s on your coasts when all it really took was your government to allow you to work, for your natural resources to be converted into stuff and all sorts of common sense stuff where economics, political corruption, and person greeed just gets in the way of society. Anyhow. Freetrade is slavery was written on the wall everywhere and thats my bet too.
I disagree with you there. Costa Rica is not the same as it was years ago. The young generation is very Americanized, and people here want to have what America has to offer. There is a difference between people living out in the boonies making little money and Costa Ricans living in San Jose, where there is a ton of opportunity and people make a good living. Have you been to San Jose? Have you seen the cars residents drive?
People here are tired of being disadvantaged to the U.S. They want the opportunity to choose which phone company they pick at the best deal available. They want their country to change for the better.
Saying NO to CAFTA would leave Costa Rica behind for good. Many of the older Costa Ricans are afraid of changes, the young people want them!
