A nationwide referendum was held earlier this week on whether Costa Rica would join CAFTA. It passed by a narrow 52-48 margin despite polls showing it would fail 60-40. Not surprisingly, there has been accusations of fraud. Millions were spent in the campaign, almost all of the money in favor of the measure, yet days before the election 150,000 people marched in San Jose against CAFTA.

Here is what one of my Costa Rican frineds said about the people fighting the corporations over CAFTA:

 

Well we are sad, is too bad as you said, is really hard to accept.

In the South we won (against CAFTA) a the moviment was beatiful there was many peolpe working just for love, just because we belive that a diferent country is posible.

 

A week ago I had the oportunity of going to San Jose and be part of a masive meeting in the Paseo Colon about 150 000 went there to say NO, it was beatiful, it was a party, was the essence of democracy, all kinds of costarrians together .... well there is to much to do now.