Word: costa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nicaragua (pop. 2.5 million), the Sandinista guerrillas took power in 1979 and, despite their early vows to encourage "pluralism," have been moving zealously leftward ever since. Honduras (pop. 3.9 million) has a moderate government, but is fearful that it will catch the virus of rebellion from its neighbors. Even Costa Rica (pop. 2.3 million), a stable democracy, fears that its economic problems will cause social unrest that could lead to trouble...
...country's economy needs American investment. Second, the military is going to become desperate for U.S. arms to fight the guerrillas. As a condition for aid, the U.S. should insist that the generals who run the country stop repressing political opponents and start sharing power more widely and genuinely. Costa Rica's Monge believes that there are young officers in the Guatemalan army who realize that their country has to be more democratic to survive. Monge's advice to the U.S.: identify with those elements and help them prevail. > In Nicaragua the Sandinistas are unquestionably oriented toward Cuba...
...should give political and economic support, and plenty of it, to Honduras and Costa Rica, the two democracies that are holding on in the whole troubled area. While Costa Rica's standard of living will suffer as the country takes the steps necessary to avoid bankruptcy, there is still good reason to hope that the underpinnings of its democratic institutions will remain intact...
...occurring not all that far south of the border. As events during the past months have proved dramatically, the U.S. has a vital interest in Central America's future. That interest will ultimately depend on forming a genuine partnership with the region. Says Fernando Volio, who will be Costa Rica's next foreign minister: é "We don't want to be involved in the global confrontation just for the sake of the superpowers. We want the U.S. to be involved for our sake as well, and we want to sense and see that clearly." By getting more involved with...
...Costa Rica. The one politically sound link in the Central American chain is Costa Rica, which has long had a flourishing, multiparty democracy. In stark contrast to its militarized neighbors, Costa Rica has no standing army and little political violence. In last month's presidential elections, won by Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez, 76% of the electorate turned out to vote. But there is a major threat to the country's stability: its failing economy. Decades of high spending on social programs, plus spiraling oil bills, left Costa Rica with a $130 million trade deficit last year and a $2.9 billion...