A Costa Rican woman holds a national flag with 'Yes' written on it as she leaves the polling station
Posted on 10/08/2007 5:43:10 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
SAN JOSE: Costa Rica's president Oscar Arias declared victory Sunday in his drive to join a free trade deal with the United States, announcing on television that voters had backed it in a referendum.
"The people of Costa Rica have said yes to the free trade agreement, and that for me is a sacred wish," Arias said in a televised address to the nation after Costa Ricans voted in their tens of thousands on the measure.
Earlier partial results showed that with 73 per cent of votes counted, just over 50 per cent of voters said yes to the agreement against 47.5 per cent who voted no, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal said. Turnout was around 60 per cent.
The Central American Free Trade Agreement is to open local markets to US products but also boost Costa Rican exports to the United States.
It has been accepted by several other countries in the region, but faced left-wing opposition in Costa Rica, where Arias was forced to call a referendum on it after more than three years of domestic debate. - AFP/ac
A Costa Rican woman holds a national flag with 'Yes' written on it as she leaves the polling station
The Left is lawyering-up as we speak. The ACLU is air-dropping a battalion straight into the capital.
So, there are no more regulations of any kind in trade between the U.S. and Costa Rica?
Are you kidding?
No. Wouldn't that be the definition of "free trade"?
I have little patience for paleos playing stupid in the morning. Wait until later.
EPI is deeply saddened.
I take it that means that it's not "free trade" then is it?
Pelosi, the Dems, and don’t forget Bernie Sanders . . . they are all probably frantically checking to see if Diebold is involved. The polls indicated the measure was going down to defeat. In fact, I’d like to wait and see. I can’t imagine this result remaining unchallenged in some fashion, if only by the Left rounding-up some college students and public-sector employees in order to have a protest.
No regulations of any kind is commonly referred-to as “anarchy.” Look it up. And go away.
So, there are no more regulations of any kind in trade between the U.S. and Costa Rica?”
Not in regards to hundreds of millions of our tax dollars going to them in grants and aid and all the goodies tax paying Americans don’t get.
LOL. Okay. So it's not free trade. Just wanted to clear that up.
For the umpteenth time.
It that a "free trade" term?
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Check this out. The Americans and Ticos have descended into a state of lawlessness and anarchy.
I wonder how many Freepers are deeply saddened?
I’m thinking of starting a new thread titled, “What was raybbr’s point?”
As far as I can tell, it was that CAFTA-DR contained pages.
Yea! We are sending $1billion to Mexico after 14 years of NAFTA. Free trade. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
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