Comments on: Costa Rica supports Nicaragua Canal plan if national territory not affected

By: Bob Cash

Bob Cash — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 15:27:00 +0000

@Ken Morris – doesn’t the fact that CR retains navigation rights on the obvious best route (San Juan River) give voice to agree or disagree -

By: curious

curious — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:29:00 +0000

Hmmmm. Do you think that the future “milking” of oil reserves off the coast of Costa Rica will be augmented by a readily available canal services? Maybe the powers that be, aren’t quite so short-sighted as some think. I’m not saying, however, that I agree with their materialistic and pocket-lining thinking by any means.

By: turbooperator

turbooperator — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:51:00 +0000

I may have misread the article, but I see nothing about Costa Rica giving its blessings to Nicaraguan internal development, only that we support development that does NOT affect our territory or our people. Maybe a subtle difference, but a difference nonetheless.

By: toolman78

toolman78 — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:48:00 +0000

No worries, there will plenty of openings in the agricultural sector when the Nicas start finding better work in their own country.

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:03:00 +0000

This is pathetic. Who is Costa Rica to imagine that Nicaragua wants or needs its blessings for a development inside Nicaragua? Only if (as a few suspect will happen) Panama objects and Costa Rica is called upon to take sides would Costa Rica’s support be relevant. Right now Costa Rica is just strutting around like a rooster pretending to be in charge even though its head is cut off. The country blew the opportunity to get in on a win-win deal that in 20 years will turn it into the poor stepchild of the isthmus, but prefers its present hubris to farsighted economic development. This is a fatal mistake, and future generations of Ticos will pay the price.