Costa Rica on the brink

I love the Costa Rica that I’ve met.  The people are wonderful, the land is gorgeous, and the food is amazing.  Everything is laid-back, chill, pure, excellent.  I haven’t been to the Pacific coast where the resorts are.  I haven’t been to the Very Money parts of the country.  I never like such things.

You might know I’m getting married in Costa Rica, on the southern Caribbean coast.  The place we’re staying is on a dirt road.  Yeah, the pavement just doesn’t go quite that far.  Neither do many cars.  It’s mostly bicycles from that point on, and I love it.  It’s one of the reasons we’re going there.  And I worry that the precious calm of that area is going to begin dispersing soon.  Alas, the road is slated to be paved.

What’s more, I read today that Costa Rica may ratify a free trade agreement with the US that requires CR to create “state telecom and insurance monopolies.”  I was torn on the topic until I read that sentence.  Seeing what has happened in the US with the telecom and insurance industries, that is definitely something I DON’T want for the Ticos.  Fortunately, there is strong opposition for the agreement, but the current president (elected by a 2% margin in February of this year) favors it.

Fingers crossed and hoping for the best.