Comments on: Costa Rica gets good rating on corruption levels according to Transparency International http://www.obsamericas.com/cccc/archives/228 Call Center, BPO, IT, KTO Service Sectors in Costa Rica and Latin America Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:29:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Armando Escobar http://www.obsamericas.com/cccc/archives/228/comment-page-1#comment-595 Armando Escobar Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:58:02 +0000 http://www.obsamericas.com/cccc/?p=228#comment-595 Greetings, This is a very interesting subject, I live in Nicoya, Guanacaste. And I find this article a bit unrealistic, there's corruption at every level of government. You need to, you have to pay to play, is that simple. There's no legal system for the victims, it only exist for the criminal. The O.I.J., is so under manned and under funded, from Santa Cruz to Punta Arenas an area with a radius of about 200+ km., has just 2 officers to combat drug traffic. You need only to ask any Costa Rican, what's they're opinion about the integrity of public officials and most will answer "son unos chorizeros". Costa Rica has a good P.R. campaign and nothing more, the constituency is what saves us. Most people are poor here, it's a communist/democracy. The taxes that one has to pay and the services the government claims it provides is nothing short of a joke, anything and everything is red tape and under the table deals, with no justice for the victims. If you have the money to pay all the bribes that are require, then welcome to Costa Rica. One simple example of just how corrupted the system has gotten, is CUSTOMS: where you can work for a few years and become rich almost over night, so please forgive my concerns about such a prestigious ranking, when we all had to pay the Fuerza Publica, Transito, Aduanas, Migracion etc. Armando Escobar Greetings,
This is a very interesting subject, I live in Nicoya, Guanacaste. And I find this article a bit unrealistic, there’s corruption at every level of government. You need to, you have to pay to play, is that simple.

There’s no legal system for the victims, it only exist for the criminal. The O.I.J., is so under manned and under funded, from Santa Cruz to Punta Arenas an area with a radius of about 200+ km., has just 2 officers to combat drug traffic.

You need only to ask any Costa Rican, what’s they’re opinion about the integrity of public officials and most will answer “son unos chorizeros”. Costa Rica has a good P.R. campaign and nothing more, the constituency is what saves us.

Most people are poor here, it’s a communist/democracy. The taxes that one has to pay and the services the government claims it provides is nothing short of a joke, anything and everything is red tape and under the table deals, with no justice for the victims. If you have the money to pay all the bribes that are require, then welcome to Costa Rica.

One simple example of just how corrupted the system has gotten, is CUSTOMS: where you can work for a few years and become rich almost over night, so please forgive my concerns about such a prestigious ranking, when we all had to pay the Fuerza Publica, Transito, Aduanas, Migracion etc.

Armando Escobar

]]> By: Guy Hall http://www.obsamericas.com/cccc/archives/228/comment-page-1#comment-456 Guy Hall Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:36:07 +0000 http://www.obsamericas.com/cccc/?p=228#comment-456 Thanks for sharing this site. Another site that is useful in comparing countries in this vein is the WTO's Worldwide Governance charts. Again Costa Rica shows well. You can see this site at: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/sc_country.asp Thanks for sharing this site. Another site that is useful in comparing countries in this vein is the WTO’s Worldwide Governance charts. Again Costa Rica shows well.

You can see this site at: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/sc_country.asp

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