I-Costa Rica iveza uhambo ngokuphelele esimweni senhlalo-mpilo nemvelo

"Sinokuningi okungaphezu nje kwelanga namabhishi," kwakuyisitatimende sokuziqhenya sikaWilliam Rodríguez, ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha eCosta Rica, ememezela ukuthi izwe lakhe, ngokungafani nezifunda eziningi zaseCaribbean, seliphinde lathola isibalo sabavakashi bangaphambi kwe-coronavirus. Ngo-2022 babalelwa ezigidini ezingu-2.35, futhi ngokohlelo lweminyaka emihlanu ezayo, lesi sibalo sizokhuphuka sifinyelele ezigidini ezingu-3.8 ngo-2027, kuyilapho singabeki engcupheni isimo sezwe okuyisibonelo esaziwayo emhlabeni wonke sezokuvakasha ezisimeme. I-Germany, enezi-80,000 (2022) iwumthombo obaluleke kakhulu wezivakashi eYurophu e-Costa Rica, ngaphambi kwe-United Kingdom ne-France.

"Ukusimama kufanele kuqale ngemfundo ezikoleni", kugomela uRodríguez. Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-70 edlule iCosta Rica yahlakaza amabutho ayo ahlomile futhi manje isitshala izimali ezingadingekile zesabelomali ekusekeleni imfundo nempilo. Itholakala phakathi kwe-Atlantic ne-Pacific, naphakathi kweNicaragua nePanama, iminyaka eminingi leli zwe belilokhu ligcizelela ukusimama, futhi manje lihlangabezana namaphesenti angama-99 ezidingo zawo zamandla ezivela kuzinsiza ezivuselelekayo. U-Rodríguez uveza ukuthi ezokuvakasha zikhiqiza ngokuqondile imisebenzi engaba ngu-210,000, futhi engaba ngu-400,000 ngokungaqondile. Njengamanje esifundazweni esisenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeGuanacaste, edume kakhulu izivakashi ezivela e-USA, kuhlelwa inani lamahhotela amasha, okuhlanganisa namahhotela aphambili. Nokho, lokhu akuthinti kabi ukwakheka komkhakha wamahhotela, “amaphesenti angama-87 awo aqukethe izikhungo ezincane, ezincane nezimaphakathi”.

Uhlelo lweminyaka emihlanu aluhlinzeki ngenani eliphakeme labavakashi. Ngokombono umthetho uthi izwe alikwazi ukwamukela izivakashi eziningi kunezakhamuzi zalo. "Lokhu kungaba yizigidi ezinhlanu, kodwa asifuni ukweqa imingcele." Ekuhlaziyeni kokugcina akuncikile esicini sezomnotho kodwa kakhulu ekusimameni kwemvelo nenhlalo. Uma kuqhathaniswa namanye amazwe aseCaribbean, eCosta Rica kugcizelelwa kakhulu ezokuvakasha zasekhaya nezomuntu ngamunye, ungqongqoshe awulinganisela kumaphesenti angama-35 emakethe iyonke. Kodwa-ke, iphrofayili yesivakashi isishintshile: kusukela ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus selokhu kufike abantu abasha abaningi, futhi banentshisekelo kwezemidlalo nokuzijabulisa, "abafuna ukukujabulela ngamaqembu".