The biggest vote you've never heard about is happening this Sunday

[antigop]

http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/10/back_in_2005_our_congress.html

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Back in 2005, our Congress trampled the majority of Americans who opposed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and passed the pact with the strong backing of K Street lobbyists. This was a victory of the Money Party over the People Party - of buypartisanship over bipartisanship. Now, as I show in my nationally syndicated column out today, congressional Republicans and the Bush administration are trying to trample the people of Costa Rica - using threats and intimidation to try to force voters there to approve CAFTA in a national referendum this Sunday, October 7th.

It is very possible you haven't heard anything about what's going on. Despite the fact that Costa Rica is one of the oldest and most stable democracies in the Western Hemisphere, and despite the fact that this referendum could be the first time a lobbyist-written trade pact is rejected so publicly on the global stage, most American newspapers have barely covered the upcoming vote - even as protests about CAFTA's worker, environmental and health care provisions continue to grow in Costa Rica. And - big shocker - I have not seen a single nationally syndicated columnist even mention this truly monumental vote this weekend - monumental not just for Central America, but for our own country as well (FYI - It's possible I just haven't seen something that's been written, but I read a lot of stuff, and so if I've missed a syndicated columnist who has written on this, let me know - the point, however, stands: this has gotten very, very little media coverage).
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[texastoast]

1. Wasn't it quietly fast-tracked

Without all the usual scrutiny? Certainly haven't heard as much about it as we did NAFTA.

[NV Whino]

2. A kick for Costa Rica

People are starting to wise up.

[TomInTib]

3. U S Fruit all over again.

And you can bet your ass that the fix is in.

There goes the value of my parcel in Dominical.

[emsimon33]

5. I hope that Costa Rica holds strong on this

[Theres-a]

4. Reuters

Link to LBN here http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3016719&mesg_id=3016719
I agree,this is only the second time I've heard about it.It should be on everywhere.