Americans Don’t Understand Plight of Central America Workers

Commentary
By John A. Ostenburg

A dockworkers strike in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, on October 21 resulted in a tour ship of the Holland America line not being allowed to dock or disembark any of its passengers for sightseeing visits.

Although officials of the cruise line – including both the captain and his on-ship staff and executives at the line’s Seattle office – made attempts to negotiate with government authorities to allow the ship to…