2000 Costa Rican protests

Civil protest The protests against the Energy Combo of Costa Rica were a series of demonstrations and popular protests held in Costa Rica as of March 20, 2000 after the approval in the first debate in the Legislative Assembly of the "Law for the Improvement of Public Services and Telecommunications and State Participation", also known as "Combo Energético" and popularly as "Combo ICE". This law was intended to allow competition in the telecommunications industry managed by Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, and was supported by both major parties of the government. ICE was popular among the general public of Costa Rica, and they saw the decision as privatizing the agency. Many were also worried about a major intrusion of foreign investment. The protests are considered a historic Costa Rican event for being one of the most significant social protests in recent times.Information and Values in Popular Protests: Costa Rica in 2000 8 December 2008 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2008.00289.x OnlineLibrary https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1470-9856.2008.00289.x Frajman Eduardo Bulletin of Latin American Research 28 44–62 subscription Report from Costa Rica on mass protests against privatization of state-owned utilities 15 April 2000 World socialist website https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2000/04/cr-a15.html See also 2018 Costa Rican protests References Category:1999 protests Category:2000 protests Costa_Rican_protests, 2000 Category:1999 in Costa Rica Category:2000 in Costa Rica