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~ 12/09/06
There are a lot of other threats to peace beside terrorism, President Óscar Arias Sánchez said Monday as he reflected of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
While George Bush was saying in the United States that terrorism would be the issue that will define the century, Arias also listed illiteracy, and poverty as threats to peace.
“It is certain that terrorism is a threat to humanity, a cowardly enemy for humanity, but it is not the only threat for the peace of the world,” said Arias. He listed illiteracy, poverty inequality, degradation of the environment, diseases as other threats as serious for the peace as terrorism.
Arias also said that he wished the United States had dedicated the same effort and the same money to combat the great ills that afflict the world.
The president was at the Escuela José Figueres Ferrer in Sabanilla de Montes de Oca where he was marking the opening of the civic week that includes the Día de Independencia Friday.
Sept. 25 also happens to be the 100th birthday of José Figueres Ferrer, the victor in the 1948 civil war and the framer of the modern Costa Rican state of rights.
In his formal talk Arias told the youngsters that it was Figueres, Don Pepe, who abolished the military and invested the savings into education. He urged them to work to make the world better so that other youngsters would have the benefit of peace.
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