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CAFTA Foes Hit The Streets

March 2007 | Ratings Update

As we mentioned in the previous edition of >, the biggest source of political concern in the short term comes from opposition to the DR-CAFTA trade pact, which President Óscar Arias is trying to push through the legislature.

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