costa rica military spending
What consequences will Daniel Ortegas win have for people and neighbor costa rica?
My wife and I spent our honeymoon in CR and toured the whole country from San Jose to Guanacaste Province. We were amazed at the friendliness of the people, intelligence and gov’ts committment to educating the people and bringing prosperity.
With the election of Ortega to the north, the history of Ortega’s bullying of Costa Rica and the lack of a military to protect it is Costa Rica in danger of losing all the progress it has made for it’s people?
Will this lead to a military with teeth backed by the U.S.?
Bottom line is we were touched by the beauty of the coutnry and the people and are afraid for it’s future.
The people of Nicaragua are very warm and friendly. I am partial because I am Nicaraguan. Nicaragua does not posses the military capability that it did back in the 80’s so it won’t be a threat to any of the neighboring countries. Panama once said that they will come to the aid of Costa Rica if anything was to happen. The winning of Ortega might be a problem only if the investors leave the country which many have already threathened to do i.e., Taiwan, Spain, Sweden, US and a slew of private businesses and also future investors who were waiting to see how the election would end. Ortega promised jobs to the poor and that is the only reason why he got voted in. If the investors leave and they aren’t replaced by new ones, what sort of jobs will there be? Especially if the US pulls out which that will cause irreparable damages to the country’s infrastructure and will leave the poorer even poorer. Not to forget that also Daniel left the country in shambles and heavy debt of 1,200 billion dollars when he left office in 1990. Thus far, the country stands divided.
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