Hive account@buggedout, I can assure you that before the mandate announcement, I could have told you in all sincerity that Costa Rica is paradise. We love it here. But these mandates are untenable. I hope against hope that CR will come to its senses and reverse them. That might not happen if the mandates are a result of pressure exerted by the IMF (International Monetary Fund,) to which Costa Rica is in serious debt. I will definitely be posting more about this situation as things develop.