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Costa Rican Voters Narrowly Approve CAFTA

HeadlineOct 08, 2007

In Costa Rica, voters went to the polls on Sunday to decide whether Costa Rica should sign the Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States. With returns in from 95 percent of polling stations, the trade deal appears to have been passed by a narrow margin. Opponents of the deal say they won’t recognize the results until a manual recount is done.

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