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COSTA RICAN COURT GAGS UNIVERSITIES FROM SPEAKING OUT ON CAFTA.
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Costa Rica's Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) has gagged the state universities from participating in the national debate on whether the country will become a member of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), the Universidad Nacional (UNA), and the Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica (ITCR) have been studying the treaty for years, issued numerous reports on it, and, in the end, have all called for its rejection. But now the TSE has ruled that the universities cannot use state resources to finance campaigns for or against CAFTA. That means they cannot pay for any activity related to the debate and cannot host conferences that "propagandize for or against the treaty."
Since the academic community does little propagandizing in favor of CAFTA, the decision is seen as a victory for treaty advocates. The TSE issued a...
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