TLC – A Civics Lesson
Today is the Big Day. Today the citizens of Costa Rica go to the polls to vote for or against approval of the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) or in English, the Free Trade Agreement with the USA....
View ArticleTLC Si! TLC wins 51.7% to 48.3%
Costa Rica has decided. The answer is SI – YES to the TLC. I am so proud to be living here during this time. Turnout was about 60% of eligible voters. Is this good for Costa Rica? Probably, but...
View ArticleA Reader Asks About the Effects of CAFTA
Tonight I received a comment from a reader… and it pushed my rant button. I may be completely reading the comment incorrectly and assuming a wrong tone or meaning… and if I am, I apologize now… but the...
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Stand Proud America
Must be just that kind of week! I received another comment yesterday and again I have decided to reply here as I think more people read the posts than the comments. OK OK… it is sort of another rant...
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Leaked Wikileaks Embassy Cable – Costa Rica
I am sure one of the jobs of any United States Embassy regardless of location is to constantly evaluate the host country in terms of law, infrastructure, political persuasion, stability, attitude...
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ICE and Apple! Now THIS should be good!
Many years ago in a universe far, far away, I was one of the very early Apple dealers in the US. In fact, it was so many years ago that Apple did not even sell directly to its dealers. It used...
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Can (and Will) ICE Cellular Survive?
Over history, I suppose most monopolies were not good for their customers…. certainly some of the early ones in the US were not. One exception we old folks remember was AT&T and their technical...
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