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To: freeus who wrote (17470)	11/18/2000 8:12:35 AM
From: Pedro Joaristi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

re-go to Costa Rica Privatized Social Security- this is only partially true. They have elected Libertarians to nationwide elections- not true. The confusion that you have is that Costa Rica has basically a two party system, like the US. One party is Liberacion Nacional (the Liberationists) and the other the Unidad Nacional. The Liberacionistas are social democrats, much like the democratic party in the US. The Unidad are Christian Democrats, more akin to your Republican Party. THE VIEWS OF LIBERACION NACIONAL are center-left, certainly nothing to do with the Liberationist party in the US. Their platform is based on the Skandinavian socialist "craddle to grave" government interventionist system. Hell, this year they blocked plans for the privatization of the electric and tele- comunications company. Pedro