[Joe Boucher]

What will something like this do to a country like say Belize that is in the area but not in on the agreement?

[bert]

Hmmmm....

I guess J.Orlin Grabbe is rolling over in his grave. Costa Rica was his haven from W.

[wintertime]

Costa Rica's voters narrowly approved the trade deal in a referendum in October 2007,
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My husband and I were living in Costa Rica for 5 months prior to the TLC vote and for one month more after the election. We were both attending language school at the time and spent a great deal of time reading the Costa Rica newspapers daily and discussing the free trade agreement in class.

The election was **very** close and I was shocked an appalled at the blatantly Marxist and anti-captilist rhetoric used by the anti-free trade side.

Anyone who buys property or invests in business in Costa Rica is, in my opinion CRAZY! Costa Rica could turn Marxist in a heartbeat!

Also....Their colleges, universities, and especially their government K-12 schools are heavily infiltrated with Marxists and ( just as in the U.S.) are hard at work preaching anti-capitalism, and the religion of Marxism to the children of that nation.

[anymouse]

Great. Just remember what happened the last time we opened our shores to Costa Rican imports. /sarc

Taking dinosaurs off this island is the worst idea in the long, sad history of bad ideas. And I'm gonna be there when you learn that.

[mysterio]

Outsource all jobs and print more cash with your hosts George, Paul, and Ben.