Vegas Bob wrote:
I'm sorry but I have to respectfully disagree with most of the responses here. First of all....the people here in CR (yes Putas are real people too) take their elections more seriously than we Gringos. Were there parades thru capital cities in the U.S. when Obama won the Presidency? The parades went well into the night in SJ after Ms. Laura won.In the U.S. there is always a pretty good percentage of "don't give a shit attitude" as to preference. Not so here in CR and Latin America as a whole. Everyone has an opinion and seems to care.
I was with a regular Tica of mine the other night and SHE brought up the subject. She was concerned about what Laura might do,and how it would affect her ability to support her Ch*ld and her Mother.
As far as what she will do and when,I agree with most of what Bang Bang has written. "Who knows". Remember this is the woman who when given just 2 weeks in charge, closed all the Casinos in the Country for 9 hours a day to satisfy her "hotsy totsy" constituancy under the guise of reducing the opportunity for chicas to get into prostitution. She put 3000 hard working people out of work to make her friends happy. Of course after she came to her senses, AND won her party's nomination, the issue has become cloudy once again. ( some open at 3pm and some at 11am) Let's hope for a lot more of "good 'ole Costa Rican cloudy" where a lot gets talked about and not much changes. I think she is more likely to put pressure on prostitution here in CR like she did with the phony closings of the MPs a while back. The DR has felt pressure for a long time but they deal with it. Think how mongering would be affected by municipal immigration raids twice a week at most of the places that have loose women plying their trade. Even if they just check passports of the Gringos,there comes a point where it's just not worth going there.
VB is right on as usual!! The immigration raids are exactly what I have heard the opponents of "tourist mongering" mention as a means of curtailing the activity. Only difference is what I have heard is "every hour on the hour", not twice a week! -- not really feasible in my opinion to do it that often but "who knows"?
This Idea that all the chicas (and latinos in general) are stupid, un interested, or un caring people is very typical of the gringo nieve mentality of being better, smarter, more involved, than the rest of the world. When was the last time you saw on election day, 1000s (yes thousands) of cars (even taxis) driving all over town honking horns and waving party flags; or dozens of parades going on almost all night?? When was the last time you saw a 75% turn out to vote in any election in the USA--that is a normal turn out in almost all latin countries!!
In the weeks before the election, I listened in on many conversations by chicas in the SL concerning the election; and the majority were afraid of Chinchilla and what she might do to their livelyhood. I honestly do not remember talking to a single chica that was not very aware of what was going on. Who knows though--maybe I just associate with a small but more intelegient and involved group of chicas

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