https://insidecostarica.com/2013/07/22/poll-latin-americans-prefer-chinas-influence-to-that-of-the-u-s/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 https://insidecostarica.com/2013/07/22/poll-latin-americans-prefer-chinas-influence-to-that-of-the-u-s/#comment-6716 Neil Wade Carriel Mon, 20 Jan 2014 02:33:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=9856#comment-6716 does that mean they interviewed 6 100 people per country, or 6 100 in total?

]]> https://insidecostarica.com/2013/07/22/poll-latin-americans-prefer-chinas-influence-to-that-of-the-u-s/#comment-5002 Ken Morris Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:31:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=9856#comment-5002 A little reflection makes these results less surprising than they may first appear. China has next to none of the sordid history in the continent that the US has (thanks to the exaggerated use of the Monroe Doctrine) and has of late been both doling out the largesse and providing various opportunities for trade. China should look pretty good to LA at this point. Any reservations about its influence probably won’t surface for awhile. Meanwhile, given the checkered history of the US in LA, its reputation remains remarkably strong. This is not a report that the sky is falling, but one informing us of what we should already know.

]]> https://insidecostarica.com/2013/07/22/poll-latin-americans-prefer-chinas-influence-to-that-of-the-u-s/#comment-4996 PublicEnemy2u Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:42:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=9856#comment-4996 When locally produced jobs and American tourism dries up the Costa Ricans will still have drug cartels and the Chinese to make sure the elites stay elite. The US has been walmart’d into submission and after watching that, the CR elites are following the same path? Are chinese “traditional ox carts” in the future?
I’d bet on it.

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