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The Costa Rican-North American Chamber of Commerce (or AmCham, as it is commonly referred to) issued a strong statement on social media in the wake of tragic race-related clashes in the United States, one of which, in Charlottesville, Virginia, left a protestor and two police officers dead last week.
The business organization, whose spokesman, Dennis Whitelaw, said has a “trajectory for human rights” that “is intrinsic to its raison d’être,” and made a plea to its members and the wider business community in Costa Rica, calling for a condemnation of racial violence and racism.
AmCham’s statement reads as follows,
“We emphatically issue a sweeping and unequivocal condemnation of the murder and racist demonstrations committed by neo-Nazi pro-white-supremacist groups.
And we call for American citizens and business-people of various political denominations to criticize the indecisive and insufficient stance taken by President Donald Trump.”
The Costa Rican-North American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Costa Rica) was founded in 1973 by a group of business executives from Costa Rica and the United States with a vision for the promotion and care of the bilateral trade relationship between the United States and Costa Rica on the principle that a strong private sector is essential for the country’s economic well-being and that a strong economy will reinforce its democratic principles, according to information on the organization’s website.
Today, AmCham consists of 360 companies and 1,300 corporate representatives divided almost 50/50 between the interests of Costa Rica and the United States. This membership represents very diverse sectors of economic activity – agriculture, livestock, aquaculture, import, distribution, tourism, manufacturing, services, construction and non-profit organizations, among others.
