Costa Rica
University
Students Reject
US Military
Presence
The Higher
Council of the
Costa Rican
Students
Federation
expressed its
rejection to the
deployment of US
Marines and
ships in Costa
Rican national
territory, with
the pretext of
fighting drug
trafficking.
The presence of
7,000 soldiers,
46 war ships and
more than 200
helicopters
violates the
National
Constitution and
intimidates the
citizenship,
said students in
a document
published by
Costa Rican
digital
newspaper El
Pais Monday.
The document
said the
National
Constitution
establishes that
the forces in
charge of
surveillance and
public order are
the police
forces, and not
the military
forces.
The document
regarded the US
warlike
deployment as
unnecessary to
justify the
fight against
drug trafficking
Costa Rican
political
scientist
Rodolfo Cerdas
said the
authorization to
US Marines and
military forces
of all kinds to
enter Costa
Rican territory
makes the
Central American
country part of
an unknown
military
strategy.
At the end of
July, Venezuelan
President Hugo
Chavez warned of
the existence of
aggressive plans
against
Venezuela by the
US government,
using the
Colombian
government as
its spearhead,
and cited the
deployment of
forces in Costa
Rica as one
example of the
warlike actions. |
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