U.S. Funds
Your story (Part A, Oct. 14) about $433,000 of U.S. taxpayer money being given to the opponents of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez by the Republican Party’s international institute is hair-raising, to say the least.
Supporting political opponents of Central America’s only democratic leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, to boot, is improper on its face.
Beyond that, why is an American political party in charge of disbursing U.S. taxpayer money at all?
ANN ALPER
Pacific Palisades
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