[wolfcreek]

Come on! We’re talking about a country where nearly everyone speaks English and has a huge American population. This isn’t too much of a stretch.

Does this mean they will get a military now?

[wideawake]

This isn’t too much of a stretch.

Precisely because Costa Rica is well-educated and has a large American community (many of whom benefit from negotiating around trade restrictions) there was a huge push by the media, the academy and anti-trade US politicians to derail this vote.

Bernie Sanders went down to visit on the eve of the vote to urge a rejection of CAFTA.

A ton of anti-trade money and anti-trade rhetoric was unloaded on CR in the runup to this vote.

Luckily, the citizens of CR were thinking long-term.