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National Front Supporting the Struggle Against the FTA cheat and trample

Costa Rica, December 10, 2006

opposition leader Otton Solis of Costa Rica sent a message to call for the formation of the National Front Supporting the fight against CAFTA. Costa Rica has resisted the ratification of NAFTA by the action of broad social movement and action of the political strength of the Citizen Action Party (PAC). The fraction of CAP is the second political force in the Legislative Assembly and together with other opposition factions have given their resounding NO to the FTA (Frente Amplio and PASE, Accessibility Without Exclusion Party). At this time the government and pro-government factions (PLN, PUSC, ML) in a desperate break the rules and legislative procedure so to ratify the FTA, not realizing that their actions increasingly used the project to fail and that anyway at the constitutional level the project has absolute nonentities who do insurmountable.


then convening Complete message of Otton Solis

The Free Trade Agreement of Central America, Dominican Republic and the United States negotiated an attack on the possibility that Costa Rica is developed. Consolidated in an almost irreversible a model to cause a couple of slow economic growth has brought poverty, inequality and greater exclusion. This FTA benefits multinationals and a small group of entrepreneurs related to the leadership of traditional politics. This I know many who defend it. Therefore, the current President of the Republic refused to discuss during the campaign.
Al TLC Costa Ricans oppose all social classes and from many sectors. After rigorous studies of many scholars, three of the four Councils of the State University College have asked not to ratify. Among the entrepreneurs, farmers, the culture sector, intellectuals, students, cooperatives, workers, politicians, Catholic and evangelical leadership, there is opposition to the FTA.
A group of eminent persons headed by Eugenio Trejos and Mora Henry were given the task of forming a National Front Supporting the fight against the FTA and are planning an activity on Monday December 11 at 12:30 pm in the auditorium FUNDATEC of 50 meters east of the rotunda of Social Guarantees.
It is vitally important that people do this PAC to support this effort by Costa Rica to build a more competitive, prosperous, democratic, inclusive and supportive.
together in this patriotic gesture designed to improve Costa Rica. Otton Solis