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5 October, 2005
Hundreds of trade union members of an unaffiliated electrical workers’ union in Costa Rico marched on the country’s Legislative Assembly 26 September in protest against CAFTA, the free trade agreement between the US, Central American nations, and the Dominican Republic. The workers of Instituto de Electricidad (ICI) presented a petition to the Assembly during the manifestation calling for it to invoke terms of a 1988 law that protects the autonomy and independence of ICI against multinational companies. It also called on Costa Rico not to impose capitalization limitations on the public utility in order to attract transnationals.