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ix Abbreviations ASBANA Asociación de Bananeros Nacionales [National Banana Association] ASEPROLA Asociación Servicios de Promoción Laboral [Association for Labour Promotion Services] BANDECO Banana Development Corporation CCSS Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social [Costa Rican Social Security Bureau] CEBs comunidades eclesiales de base [base ecclesial communities] CECODERS Centro Coordinador de Evangelización y Realidad Social [Coordinating Centre for Evangelization and Social Reality] CECOR Conferencia Episcopal de Costa Rica [Costa Rican Episcopal Conference] CELAM Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano [Latin American Episcopal Council] CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CIMA Consejo Intermagisterial Asociado [Associated Inter-Magisterial Council] CONEL Comisión Nacional Episcopal de Laicos [National Episcopal Commission of Laity] CPT Consejo Permanente de los Trabajadores [Permanent Workers’ Council] CUT Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores [Unitary Workers’ Confederation] DEI Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones [Ecumenical Research Department] ESJ23 Escuela Social Juan XXIII [John XXIII Social School] FOLSA Frente de Organizaciones Laborales del Sector Agropecuario [Front of Labour Organizations of the Agricultural Sector] FOSSS Frente de Organizaciones Sindicales del Sector Salud [Front of Health Sector Union Organizations] FSLN Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional [Sandinista National Liberation Front] GDP Gross Domestic Product GNP Gross National Product 00_sawchuk_front_mat.qxd 2004/09/16 15:55 PM Page ix Abbreviations x HdT Hermandades de Trabajo [Brotherhood of Workers] ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions IFIM Instituto de Formación Integral Mixto [Co-ed Institute for Integrated Training] ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund ITAC Instituto Teológico de América Central [Central American Theological Institute] ITCO Instituto de Tierras y Colonización [Lands and Colonization Institute] JOC Juventud Católica Obrera [Young Catholic Workers] LEO Liga Espiritual Obrera [Workers’ Spiritual League] PINDECO Piñas de Costa Rica [Pineapples of Costa Rica] PLN Partido Liberación Nacional [National Liberation Party] PRN Partido Rescate Nacional [National Recovery Party] PUN Partido Unión Nacional [National Union Party] PUSC Partido Unidad Social Cristiana [Social Christian Unity Party] SEDAC Secretariado Episcopal de América Central y Panamá [Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama] USAID United States Agency for International Development 00_sawchuk_front_mat.qxd 2004/09/16 15:55 PM Page x ...

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