Not only are McDonald's and many other corporations contributing to a major ecological catastrophe, they are forcing the tribal peoples in the rainforests off their ancestral territories where they have lived peacefully, without damaging their environment, for thousands of years. This is a typical example of the arrogance and viciousness of multinational companies in their endless search for more and more profit. It's no exaggeration to say that when you bite into a Big Mac, you're helping the McDonald's empire to wreck this planet. Meat is the third most important agricultural product in Costa Rica. We export it - large amounts of meat are used in the United States.
Meat is our country's third most important agricultural product.
The country has been exporting meat to foreign markets for 20 years. Meat is one of our country's most important agricultural products. Meat is our country's third most important agricultural product. We have been exporting meat for twenty years. Last year that amounted to approximately 15,000 tonnes.