Costa Rica: Protests Against Free Trade Agreement

Scott Pralinsky, describing Oscar Arias’ presidential inauguration ^[1] says that “despite the numbers of people supporting Arias, several thousand protesters marched outside to demand Costa Rica not ratify the Cafta free-trade agreement.” Uri Ridelman has photos of the prosters ^[2]. Professor Roberto Gallardo, in a post titled “They Don't Represent Me ^[3],” says he is uncomfortable with students who raised the flag of the University of Costa Rica at the anti-Free Trade protests and emphasizes that the university has not and cannot take a position on the agreement.