Costa Rica ndi dziko laling'ono la ku Central America la anthu mamiliyoni anayi omwe - mosiyana ndi oyandikana nawo El Salvador, Guatemala, ndi Nicaragua panthawi ya nkhondo zawo zapachiŵeniŵeni zamagazi - sizinakopekepo kwambiri ku United States, kupatula ngati malo opita kwa alendo ndi opuma pantchito. Koma chisankho cha Lamlungu lapitali chiyenera kukhala ngati kudzutsanso ku Washington
Pamene ndinakumana koyamba ndi Ottón SolÃs chaka chatha ndinali wokondwa kumva kuti akufunafuna pulezidenti wa Costa Rica. Anandichititsa chidwi monga katswiri wa zachuma amene anali wodziŵa zambiri, wololera, woona mtima, ndi wodzipereka ku malamulo a zachuma amene amaika zofuna za dziko patsogolo.
Ndinkaganizanso kuti ali ndi mwayi wopambana ngati munthu wina ku United States. Ndinalakwitsa, monganso ma TV akuluakulu apadziko lonse, komanso zisankho zaposachedwa kwambiri zisanachitike. Pakali pano amamangirizidwa ndi pulezidenti wakale wa Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, pamene akuluakulu a zisankho amawerengera mavoti kuti awone yemwe wapambana.
Mosasamala kanthu zotulukapo zomaliza, kuwonetsa modzidzimutsa kwa SolÃs kuli ndi zofunikira pazachuma cha Latin America ndi ubale wa US-Latin America. Choyamba, zikuwonetsa kusakhutitsidwa kwa oponya voti ndi momwe zinthu ziliri m'derali, komanso ndi "Washington Consensus" - kapena "neoliberal" mfundo zachuma monga momwe zimatchulidwira ku Latin America.
Ziphuphu zinali nkhani yofunika kwambiri - monga momwe zilili m'dera lonseli - ndi atsogoleri atatu akale omwe adakhudzidwa ndi ziphuphu za ziphuphu kuyambira 2004. Koma kusiyana kwakukulu kwa ndondomeko ya zachuma pakati pa Solis ndi adani ake kunali pa CAFTA (Central America Free Trade Agreement).
SolÃs, yemwe kale anali nduna yokonza mapulani pansi pa Arias, adatsutsa molimba mtima kuti CAFTA monga momwe yalembedwera panopa ikhoza kuopseza alimi ambiri a dziko lino, makampani ake olankhulana ndi matelefoni, komanso makampani apakhomo. Anatsutsanso dongosolo la mgwirizano wothetsa mikangano - yofanana ndi NAFTA - yomwe ingawononge ulamuliro wa dziko pa ndondomeko yofunika kwambiri ya zachuma ndi zachilengedwe. Ndipo pamodzi ndi mabungwe ambiri olimbikitsa zaumoyo m'dera la hemisphere, adatsutsa zomwe CAFTA ikupereka pa mankhwala opangira mankhwala, omwe amapitirirabe World Trade Organization poteteza makampani opanga mankhwala polipira odwala.
M'zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazi pakhala anthu asanu ndi limodzi omwe adapambana omwe adapikisana nawo momveka bwino motsutsana ndi kusintha kwachuma kwa "neoliberal" zaka 25 zapitazi: ku Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Uruguay, ndi posachedwapa Bolivia. Pali chifukwa chomveka bwino chachuma chamtunduwu: Pazaka 25 zapitazi dziko la Latin America lavutika kwambiri ndikukula kwachuma m'mbiri yake yamakono. Kuyambira 1980-2005, ndalama zomwe munthu aliyense amapeza m'derali zidakula ndi 10 peresenti yokha. Zaka 20 zapitazo - 1960-1980 - zidakula ndi 82 peresenti.
Dziko la Costa Rica lili bwino kuposa dera lonselo: ndalama zomwe amapeza pamunthu aliyense ndi zachitatu kwambiri ku Latin America. Chiyembekezo cha moyo ndi chofanana ndi cha ku United States.
Chifukwa chake ndizodabwitsa kwambiri kuti munthu woukira boma ku Costa Rica atha kugwetsa zipani zomwe, monga ma Republican ndi ma Democrats pano, alamulira dzikolo kwa theka lapitalo. Zowonjezereka kuti achite izi motsutsana ndi Oscar Arias, wopambana Mphoto ya Mtendere wa Nobel ndipo mwinamwake wodziwika kwambiri komanso wolemekezeka wandale m'dzikoli.
Chisankho cha Costa Rica chikuwonetsa kuti funde la demokalase, lophatikizidwa ndi zofuna za kusintha kwachuma ndi ndale zomwe zafalikira ku Latin America, zikukulirakulirabe. Sizodabwitsa kuti Costa Rica, dziko limodzi lokha mwa mayiko asanu ndi limodzi omwe ali mu mgwirizano wa CAFTA womwe akufuna kuti asavomereze kuvomereza, ndi demokalase kwambiri kuposa ena. M'zaka zapitazi anthu ambiri ku Latin America sananenepo pang'ono kapena alibe chonena chilichonse pazisankho zofunika kwambiri pazachuma zomwe zimakhudza miyoyo yawo, ngakhale kuchuluka kwa demokalase kumasankho. Koma tsopano akufuna mawu.
Kuno ku Washington, palibe chidziwitso chochepa kuti kulephera kukula kwachuma ku Latin America komwe sikunachitikepo kungakhale ndi chochita ndi zigawenga zomwe zikupitilirabe. Kulephera kwakhala kunyalanyazidwa kwambiri; momwe zikuvomerezera, opanga mfundo pano akunena kuti kusinthaku sikunakwaniritsidwe mokwanira.
Koma ovota aku Latin America akupempha kuti asiyane. Ndi zisankho zina zisanu ndi zitatu pa kalendala ya 2006, mwina uthengawo ufikira pano.
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