No problem. It really is a great country - I have a Costa Rican friend, and I've visited twice with him and once with my girlfriend (Just got home last Wednesday, actually). It makes me a little sad to see things like this happening there, because I don't think this benefits the country in the long run.
Actually, Costa Rica does not actually have an army, and they are quite proud of this. What they do have is a stable democratic government and a literacy rate very close to that of the U.S..
It is true that they are poor compared to many nations and may have some slightly unorthodox ways of making money (For example, they charge a $26 exit tax when tourists leave the country - it goes towards maintaining the airport and such). But this is not a backwards country run by corrupt drug dealers or army generals.
I don't know anything about the government's role in telephony there, so I will assume you're right about the income it receives. But I think you've been fed some misinformation about the general state of the country.
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No problem. It really is a great country - I have a Costa Rican friend, and I've visited twice with him and once with my girlfriend (Just got home last Wednesday, actually). It makes me a little sad to see things like this happening there, because I don't think this benefits the country in the long run.
Actually, Costa Rica does not actually have an army, and they are quite proud of this. What they do have is a stable democratic government and a literacy rate very close to that of the U.S.. It is true that they are poor compared to many nations and may have some slightly unorthodox ways of making money (For example, they charge a $26 exit tax when tourists leave the country - it goes towards maintaining the airport and such). But this is not a backwards country run by corrupt drug dealers or army generals. I don't know anything about the government's role in telephony there, so I will assume you're right about the income it receives. But I think you've been fed some misinformation about the general state of the country.