Roy Rojas · June, 2007

Latest posts by Roy Rojas from June, 2007

Costa Rica: Breaking Relations with Taiwan and Starting with China

  19 June 2007

After 60 years of diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Costa Rican government broke this relationship to begin a new one with China. Some bloggers see this as a positive commercial step for the country, while others think that Costa Rica prides itself on being a defender of human rights and freedom of speech and that this should not be compromised in exchange for access to markets.