Costa Rica frente a las elecciones en los EE.UU., la necesidad de observar más allá de las formas
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2020-10
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Cascante Segura, Carlos Humberto
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Cada vez que se acerca un proceso
electoral en los Estados Unidos, comentaristas, analistas y medios de comunicación
se cuestionan con cuál de los candidatos y
partidos Costa Rica se vería beneficiada o
perjudicada. Es muy probable que tal respuesta se base más en las simpatías que nos
despiertan las características personales de
un candidato o la tradición ideológica que
atribuimos—con mayor o menor información—hacia republicanos o demócratas.
Igualmente, muchas de estas afirmaciones
se realizan sin tomar en cuenta la complejidad del sistema de toma de decisiones de la
política exterior estadounidense y se piensa
que el gobierno y la elite económica estadounidense constituye un ente monolítico,
lo que oculta la diversidad de actores, intereses y valores culturales que componen a la
sociedad estadounidense.
Para un mejor acercamiento a esa pregunta debe plantearse que Costa Rica, inmersa en la región centroamericana, no
escapa de agenda de temas que fueron definidos hacia la región por las administraciones estadounidenses tras el final de la Guerra Fría: libre comercio e inversión, así como
cooperación vinculada con la securitización
de la lucha contra el narcotráfico, bandas y
migración ilegal. Asimismo, esa agenda se
encuentra enfrentada de forma cada vez
más relevante a la presencia de China en la
región, vinculada con su poder comercial y
con inversiones dirigidas a las grandes rutas
de logística comercial y energética.
Every time a process approaches Election in the United States, Commentators, Analysts, and Media they question with which of the candidates and parties Costa Rica would benefit or harmed. It is very likely that such a response is based more on the sympathies that we awaken the personal characteristics of a candidate or the ideological tradition that we attribute — with more or less information — to Republicans or Democrats. Likewise, many of these statements are carried out without taking into account the complexity of the decision-making system of the American foreign policy and it is thought that the US government and economic elite is a monolithic entity, which hides the diversity of actors, interests and cultural values that make up the American society. For a better approach to this question, it should be considered that Costa Rica, immersed in the Central American region, does not escapes from the agenda of issues that were defined for the region by the US administrations after the end of the Cold War: free trade and investment, as well as cooperation linked to securitization of the fight against drug trafficking, gangs and illegal migration. Likewise, that agenda is find face each time more relevant to the presence of China in the region, linked to its commercial power and with investments aimed at large routes of commercial and energy logistics.
Every time a process approaches Election in the United States, Commentators, Analysts, and Media they question with which of the candidates and parties Costa Rica would benefit or harmed. It is very likely that such a response is based more on the sympathies that we awaken the personal characteristics of a candidate or the ideological tradition that we attribute — with more or less information — to Republicans or Democrats. Likewise, many of these statements are carried out without taking into account the complexity of the decision-making system of the American foreign policy and it is thought that the US government and economic elite is a monolithic entity, which hides the diversity of actors, interests and cultural values that make up the American society. For a better approach to this question, it should be considered that Costa Rica, immersed in the Central American region, does not escapes from the agenda of issues that were defined for the region by the US administrations after the end of the Cold War: free trade and investment, as well as cooperation linked to securitization of the fight against drug trafficking, gangs and illegal migration. Likewise, that agenda is find face each time more relevant to the presence of China in the region, linked to its commercial power and with investments aimed at large routes of commercial and energy logistics.
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, COSTA RICA, POLÍTICA EXTERIOR, FOREIGN POLICY, IDEOLOGÍAS POLÍTICAS, POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES, COOPERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION