I-Costa Rica iyizwe elincane elise-Central America elinabantu abayizigidi ezine - ngokungafani nomakhelwane bayo i-El Salvador, i-Guatemala, ne-Nicaragua phakathi nezimpi zabo zombango ezichitha igazi - elingakaze lidonse ukunaka okuningi e-United States, ngaphandle njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo izivakashi kanye nabathathe umhlalaphansi. Kodwa ukhetho lwangeSonto eledlule kufanele lusebenze njengolunye ucingo lokuvusa iWashington
Ngenkathi ngiqala ukuhlangana no-Ottón SolÃs ngonyaka odlule ngajabula ukuzwa ukuthi wayengenela umongameli waseCosta Rica. Wangihlaba umxhwele njengesazi sezomnotho esasinolwazi oluhle, esinengqondo, esiqotho, futhi esizinikele emigomeni yezomnotho eyayibeka izithakazelo zomphakathi wezwe lakubo kuqala.
Ngacabanga nokuthi wayenethuba elingango lokuwina njengomuntu wesithathu ozongenela ukhetho e-United States. Nganginephutha, njengoba kwakunjalo nabezindaba abakhulu bamazwe ngamazwe, kanye namavoti akamuva kakhulu angaphambi kokhetho. Njengamanje uboshelwe nowayengumongameli waseCosta Rica u-Oscar Arias, njengoba iziphathimandla zokhetho zibala amavoti mathupha ukuze zibone ukuthi ubani owinile.
Ngaphandle komphumela wokugcina, ukumangala kukaSolÃs kunemithelela ebalulekile esifundweni se-Latin America kanye nobudlelwano base-US-Latin America. Okokuqala, kukhombisa ukuthi kujule kangakanani ukunganeliseki kwabavoti ngesimo esikhona esifundeni, kanye nezinqubomgomo zezomnotho "ze-Washington" - noma "neoliberal" njengoba zivame ukulebulwa eLatin America.
Inkohlakalo bekuwudaba olubalulekile - njengoba injalo isifunda sonke - njengoba abathathu ababengomongameli bathinteka emahlazweni okugwazisa kusukela ngo-2004. Kodwa umehluko omkhulu wenqubomgomo yezomnotho phakathi kukaSolis nabamelene naye wawungowe-CAFTA (Isivumelwano Sohwebo Emaphakathi NeMelika).
USolÃs, owayengungqongqoshe wezokuhlela ngaphansi kuka-Arias, waphikisa ngokuqiniseka ukuthi i-CAFTA njengoba ibhaliwe njengamanje izoba usongo kubalimi abaningi bezwe, umkhakha wayo wezokuxhumana, kanye nezimboni zasekhaya. Uphinde waphikisana nokuhlinzekwa kwesivumelwano sokuxazulula izingxabano - ezifana ne-NAFTA - ezoqeda ubukhosi bezwe phezu kwenqubomgomo ebalulekile yezomnotho nemvelo. Futhi kanye nezinhlangano eziningi zokumela ezempilo ku-hemisphere, uphikisana nezinhlinzeko ze-CAFTA ngemithi yemithi, ehamba ngalé kwe-World Trade Organization ekuvikeleni imboni yemithi ngezindleko zeziguli.
Kule minyaka eyisikhombisa edlule kube nabayisithupha abaphumelele ukhetho lukamongameli abagijime ngokusobala bephikisana nezinguquko zezomnotho “ze-neoliberal” zeminyaka engama-25 edlule: e-Argentina, eBrazil, eVenezuela, e-Ecuador, e-Uruguay, nase-Bolivia muva nje. Kunesizathu esicacile somnotho sale phethini: Kule minyaka engama-25 edlule i-Latin America ibhekane nokukhula komnotho okubi kakhulu emlandweni wayo wesimanje. Kusukela ngo-1980-2005, imali engenayo ngomuntu ngamunye esifundeni ikhule ngamaphesenti ayishumi kuphela. Eminyakeni engama-10 edlule - 20-1960 - ikhule ngamaphesenti angama-1980.
I-Costa Rica ingcono kuneningi lesifunda: imali engenayo ngomuntu ngamunye ingeyesithathu ngobukhulu eLatin America. Iminyaka yokuphila iyafana neyase-United States.
Ngakho-ke kumangalisa kakhulu ukuthi umuntu ovukelayo eCosta Rica angase adicilele phansi izinhlangano ezisunguliwe, njengamaRepublicans namaDemocrats lapha, abuse izwe ingxenye yekhulu leminyaka edlule. Ngisho nangokwengeziwe ukuze akwazi ukwenza lokhu ngokumelene no-Oscar Arias, owazuza uMklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel futhi mhlawumbe owayevelele nohlonishwa kakhulu kwezombusazwe ezweni.
Ukhetho lwaseCosta Rica lukhombisa ukuthi leli gagasi lentando yeningi, elifakwe izimfuno zoshintsho lwezomnotho nezepolitiki olukhungethe iLatin America yonkana, lisakhula ngamandla. Akumane kwaqondana ukuthi iCosta Rica, okuwukuphela kwayo kwamazwe ayisithupha esivumelwaneni esihlongozwayo se-CAFTA esiphikisana nokusigunyazwa, inentando yeningi kakhulu kunamanye. Kule kota yekhulu edlule iningi e-Latin America libe nezwi elincane noma lingenalo nhlobo ezinqumweni zezomnotho ezibaluleke kakhulu ezithinta izimpilo zabo, naphezu kokwanda okuphelele kwentando yeningi yokhetho. Kodwa manje bafuna izwi.
Lapha eWashington, kunesaziso esincane sokuthi ukwehluleka kokukhula komnotho okungakaze kubonwe eLatin America kungase kube nokuthile okuhlobene nokuvukela okhethweni okuqhubekayo. Ukwehluleka akunakiwe kakhulu; ngezinga okuvunywa ngalo, abenzi benqubomgomo lapha baphikisa ngokuthi izinguquko azikenziwa ngokwanele.
Kodwa abavoti baseLatin America bacela ukwehluka. Ngolunye ukhetho lukazwelonke oluyisishiyagalombili ekhalendeni lika-2006, mhlawumbe umyalezo uzogcina ufinyelele lapha.
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