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One Tropican reached adulthood this year! Rejoice!

Seven new immigrants have arrived on Tropico!

New Laws Enacted By El Presidente

Law 01/51: regarding the need of a church. Every Sunday, at 12 PM local time, the religious locals will be allowed to meet in the capital's main square to attend a mass. This law will be in the lawbooks as long as there is not a church.

Law 02/51: establishing a lumbering politic. Every tree that is cut down will be uprooted, and seeds of the cut-down tree will be planted in that same place, to insure the forests are never completely cut down.

Law 03/51: regarding the use of organic rubbish. All organic rubbish is to be separated from other kinds of rubbish. This rubbish is to be sent to the farms or the lumbering camps, to be turned into compost through the use of worms and other animals and then compost will be used to fertilize farms and help new trees grow up faster and stronger.

Law 04/51: establishing a first means of free press. A cork plank will be placed near the Town Hall, and important news about national and international events will be posted there. A smaller one will be posted next to it, so that people may place their personal news (there will be someone working with the planks, making sure that they aren't full, that the information in them is actually useful or interesting, and that no one attempts to vandalize them).

Addendum 01 to Law 02/50: the number of training hours per week shall be at least five.

New Buildings Built by El Presidente

3 Tenements
1 Police Station

Player Stat Changes

Manuel Hidalgo Señor:
-1 Nationalists
+2 Communist
+1 Capitalist
-1 Intellectual
+1 Environmentalist
-1 Religious
+1 Militarist

Javier Rentierra:
+1 Religious

Corporal Ernesto Peron Chavez:
+1 Communist
-1 Religious
+1 Militarist

Leonardo Martinez:
+1 Intellectuals

Miguel Ferdanez de Garcia:
+1 Nationalist
-1 Capitalist

Alfonso Andréz-Peréz:
-1 Capitalist
+1 Environmentalists

OOC

Remember, if you feel the Presidente is mismanaging the nation, it is up to all of you to call him out on it.

A Postcard from Tropico!



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@ EQ: I love the idea of the using the game as a changing platform for what we do in the thread: would it be possible to include a zoomed out/default view pic of the island in general to see and compare as it develops/demolishes through time? It would be awesome to see our island visually growing per update.

To: Manuel Hidalgo Señor
From: Leonardo Martinez

I see an addendum has been added to the Litter Ordinance! Thank you for listening to your fellow Tropicans!
 
Initially I was inclined to give a chance to el Presidente. He had built a high school and he seemed to be working towards employment. However, he has once again ignored the needs of the Tropican people. It seems more and more certain that I, Javier Rentierra, will need to campaign against el Presidente next election unless dire changes are made.

Currently, el Presidente is dumping all of our islands money into poor quality tenements. This is not what Tropico needs! Tropico needs jobs with higher wages and higher education! Tropico needs to make money! We have a high school and more and more graduates are coming from there, yet they can either become a policeman, a soldier, or a teacher. We need more diversity! I am calling on el Presidente to construct a Factory so that the people of Tropico may begin as a true member of the world market and can begin bringing wealth to the island.

The second thing I will call for is a church once more. This is an insult to the faithful of Tropico! We must have a true place of worship, we want a church! Yet El Presidente ignores, perhaps even mocks, what his citizens have called for! Why do we not have a church?

Next, I call for el presidente to create a garage! Without a garage, our economy is stuck in a backwards era. A garage can bring the marvels of Ford to our island, and could be a major boon to our export industry with trucks quickly taking goods to ships at port and could mean we could finally see paved roads throughout the island! Combined with a factory, the reliance on imports would end, and we can become a major trading power!

Finally El Presidente, please build us more entertainment! If one does not want to engage in drunkeness, it is difficult to find a good place to have fun for a night. Please El Presidente, build us a Restraunt!

Thank you citizens of Tropico for listening! We shall fight for a brighter future!
 
@skeptikalz! Yes I plan I alternating between "action" shots like the one above and full overhead shots like the one in the update before. The engine is just too pretty to waste it solely on widescale shots.
 
The other thing I wish to know, El Presidente, is even though you claim to be a great supporter of the military, why is there no army base? Should we not be giving the people who risk their lives to defend our great nation a good roof over their heads? And why is there no armory for our soldiers? Should the people who put themselves on the frontlines as the defenders of Tropico's freedom and liberty be well supplied and well equiped? So much for a soldier's president, for if we continue on el Presidente's path, our army will be in shambles!
 
OOC:

<s>Why oh why has nobody demanded a pub or a restaurant?</s>

El Presidente! The people are bored with staring at grass all day. Build some entertainment!
 
You going to join or what Chief? :p

And if you didn't notice, we have pub!
 
Trust me, nobody wants me to join.

Someone else can take the role of Juanito.



Unlike other radio stations, Tropico News Today requires no power to operate and has no physical presence on the island.
 
News

One Tropican reached adulthood this year! Rejoice!

Ten new immigrants have arrived on Tropico!

New Laws Enacted By El Presidente

None

New Buildings Built by El Presidente

2 Tenements
1 Restaurant
1 Church

Player Stat Changes

Manuel Hidalgo Señor:
-1 Capitalist
+1 Religious
-1 Militarist

Javier Rentierra:
+1 Religious
+1 Militarist

OOC

Remember, if you feel the Presidente is mismanaging the nation, it is up to all of you to call him out on it.

Trying to get us to campaigning season for the next elections before I start the CIEN update. This way we can get to the really fun part.

A Postcard from Tropico!



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This is the President's answer to Javier Rentierra's insults.

"My fellow Tropicanos, you may have recently heard Javier Rentierra casting doubts and aspersions upon my character. However, what he doesn't say is much more important than what he actually says.
For example, he says that I am ignoring the needs of the Tropicanos. However, I have yet to see him do something beyond making speeches. The constructions of Tenements may look like I don't care about the people, but I believe that living in a Tenement is much better than living on the streets or on shanties. But does he focus on that? No, he just thinks "Oh, no, the Presidente is giving houses to people, I'm losing my chances to actually be able to become Presidente, but look, there are still many people without jobs, less than people without houses, but who cares, pointing this out will earn me votes!" The economy of the nation is bad right now, that is true, but what Rentierra doesn't realize is that you can't rush things, that there is a careful balance to be held.
When he says we don't have a church, he thinks "The few people in here that actually care about praying don't like the Presidente much, hey, that's an idea, if I do as if I care about their plight they might support me, better if I mock the Presidente's provisional idea!" For Law 01/51 was just that, a PROVISIONAL plan. It was not done with the idea of mocking or insulting the God-fearful people of this country. It was only done to give them the possibility of actually being able to pray in a religious position, even if it wasn't a church. The fact that Rentierra actually said that I was mocking the people says not very good things about him if his first thought was that one. Also, after building a Church, you have little to complain about!
As for the lack of a garage... it is certainly that this is a case of Rentierra not using that thing residing in his skull called brain. You first complain about the economy of our nation, saying it is bad and that people need higher salaries, and later you say that what we need is a garage? Well, if people don't have enough money, then perhaps they wouldn't be able to buy cars, and it would certainly be useless to have a garage!
As for entertainment, I hope that now you become silent, given that you actually have what you wanted.
In regards to the lack of an Armory or an Army Base, for some reason we have been prevented from asking for such a base. Apparently, the plans for the construction of the base are blackened, and my advisor tells me that the Armories require Colleges and the Army Bases require Armories. I do not understand the logic behind that, believe me, but I'll do my best to arrange all of it.
I hope that my words penetrate your skull through your ears and actually activate your brain.
Yours faithfully,
Manuel Hidalgo Señor
P.S: if my words sound angry, it is because idiocy makes me angry.
 
I for one, find it appalling that El Presidente, a man who claims to love the soldiers, has yet to build an armory, or a military base. If he truly supported our military, as our president should, he would have done so by now! But he continues to build his slums and the people of Tropico cry out!

As for the beginnings of the so called free press here, does el presidente think a free media is a joke? Does he feel that he can really put up a sign and that will appease Tropicans who want a true free press? Where does he get off thinking to treat his people like this? No doubt it is because he does not want the truth becoming apparent and is hoping ignorance will keep him in office!

El Presidente's ways to spend our nation's economy is a joke. We continue to be desperately reliant on foreign powers for our goods, and if a major power decided to stop trading with us, we our economy would stop! We need to begin not only creating our own goods, but we must begin exporting!

I will claim a great victory for the people of Tropico though. No longer will the people of Tropico be ridiculed by el Presidente and other non religious Tropicans as we pray to our god. We have struck a blow against those who would wish to take our faith away!

Tropicans, it is quite clear to me. The island is mismanaged by the inept president we elected. The only thing I can pray for is that by the time a new president is elected, it will not be too late to undo Miguel Hidalgo Señor's incompetent policies.

Thank you, and may Tropico march on to a glorious future!


OOC: Oooh cross post, I will respond to el presidente's comments shortly
 
An Open Letter to El Presidente

Dear El Presidente,

I thank you for your correspondence. You may become angry that I continue to rally the people with speeches against you, but when I rallied the people, a church was built. When I rallied the people, a restraunt was built. When I see injustice on this island, I will rally the people against it.

As you read this letter, take note of the language, specifically how I bring up issues with your presidency, not resorting to implying someone doesn't have a brain. I understand when one has little intelligence or creativity, it's difficult to come up with counter arguments for a debate, but I understand your dilemma between proper scholarly debate and flinging around insults.

Tenements may be a small step above living in a shack, but the Tenements are creating a new slum of Tropico. Instead, we should be focused on giving the people the means to put money in their pockets and give them better jobs, with buildings such as factories, which will help make the economy of the island more wealthy. The people of Tropico will become wealthy and happy from a booming economy, not by living in tenements.

And El Presidente, had you said WHEN you would have built the church, then it may have been more bearable. Yet as I, and the other faithful of Tropico called for a church, you never came to us and told us when a church would be built. We felt as if you were ignoring the people, as no word came back from you. If you had listened to your people and responded instead of being locked in your ivory tower, or if you had taken the initiative and had built a church quickly, this all may have been avoided.

A garage is needed to transport goods from the farms and lumber mills to the docks of Tropico. It keeps our economy flowing. As the island economy grows with her infrastructure, money will come to the pockets of Tropicans, who can then buy the cars they desire to own.

The people of Tropico note your restraunt as a good start in the right direction, but will point out that these restraunts bring not just entertainment, but jobs and revenue for Tropico, and would like to see more of them in the future.

In regards to the lack of armory and military bases, give us a time table. Tell us when our soldiers can expect to be able to be on base, tell us when our soldiers will have the proper equipment they need to defend our liberties! In the meantime, why not raise the wages of the brave soldiers who fight for our beloved nation? They are on the frontlines for the war for Tropican liberty, the least we can do is show our support!

In any case, I look forward to a glorious future of Tropico where the people are wealthy and happy, so yes, I will try once more to become president. If the people want to see soldiers taken care of, our economy growing, the prevention of slums, see real housing, and have a truly free society, I know that they will stand by me.

Thank you, and may Tropico march on to a glorious future!

Sincerely,

Javier Rentierra
 
from Alfonso Andréz-Peréz

There are too many immigrants. The wealth of our nation is being spent on housing them in slums and not in developing new jobs and infrastructure for the people who already live here as it should be.

Remember that Alfonso Andréz-Peréz stands for slow, measured development and under my presidency there would be a focus on finding jobs for the people we have already before we start worrying about finding slum housing for immigrants who, at present, bring nothing but more mouths to feed and more bodies to house.

Alfonso Andréz-Peréz is not against immigration itself, but during these times of development, and lets be honest, scarcity, we need to focus on our existing population first.
 
An Open Letter on the Cork Wall

Dear El Presidente, Past and Present. Dear Citizens of Tropico, New and Old. Dear Construction Workers, and Religious Officials. Dear Teamsters, Farmers, Teachers, Loggers, Service Workers. To all whom it may concern:

I am not asking you to stop questioning the government. Nor am I asking you to stop voicing your opinions.

I am asking you, as an enlightened member of a democratic society, who have seen the construction of so many new buildings for our use, who benefited from the growth of our Island to see further, and beyond the politics. To see two, three or even more sides to the story. To think of what El Presidente sees (for all of you may ascend to that August position one day) and yet of what your neighbors sees as well.

As a resident teacher at our local High School, I will shed more light on our current situation and on the fiery rhetoric which fills the air of our political arena.


Immigration: Yes, I agree that Immigration is a big issue, and yes, I agree that it seems a bit to high. Will they take our jobs? Will they leave us destitute? A minority on our own island? We do need to lower the immigration rate. However, here is another question no one is asking; What skills did they bring us? That is a big different. Among our immigrants are construction workers, teachers, and printers. They bring new technologies, new news, and new resources to our island. Each one is a gift. Let us pinch our borders, but greet every immigrant, like Corporal Ernesto, as a fellow Tropicano!

Jobs: Where are the jobs? They cry. We are too busy building housing! Too busy building this, building that! We need jobs they say!
Simply, to build we need builders, and I ask you all to look past the lack of permanent facilities and accept this fact: each of us have earned much more than we need to survive simply by participating in building and maintaining our new buildings. I suggest we view Manuel as honest; he wishes to give us all a place to call home first, to preserve our dignity as a free people, and to allow us work in constructing our own abode while he establishes the base for other jobs. This policy will do us proud!

Garage: Simply, we have teamsters already, and the demand for luxury goods such as cars and gasoline, which will improvise our island's current income, is nearly nonexistent. In a more complex terms, we have no need for such facilities as of now, and we would be better served with more temporary construction jobs, housing, or permanent job-creation facilities.

College/Armory/Military Camp: We need these things, we really do. Colleges let us depend on our own specialists and less on immigrants, and Military Camps let us depend on our own weapons to defend our selves. All the better that the college unlocks the Armory, which unlocks our camp! I propose we build one building a year to slowly modernize this sector of our economy.

Religion: Manuel has heard you, and he has provided. Are you still furious? Are you mad he built you a church? As Alfonso himself said, resources are scarce. It took him some time, but now be proud of your new, sparkling church. I go there too, and revel in the house of God with my fellow Tropicanos.

Democracy: Do what you please as long as you follow the laws! Wish to show El Presidente your gratitude? Give him a gift! Wish to tell him what you really think? Write him a letter, organize a procession, parade, or picket line. Or even just walk up to him and give him a piece of your mind! We are free, regardless of what anyone else insinuates. Enjoy it. Revel in it. Utilize it.

Hopefully, Miguel Ferdanez de Garcia
 
I for one applaud the advances made in this term of the Presidency. I understand the impatience felt by many of my countrymen, I too wish for the future to come to Tropico, but we cannot ignore the strong foundation that has been laid by El Presidente.

I too want to see better housing for the people of the island, but until we have the wealth to distribute these homes equally I see how the tenements are an improvement to homelessness. The lack of a full military camp is frustrating to me most of all, but I understand that these things do not happen overnight and I am proud of the establishment of a police force.

Manuel Hidalgo Senor has even displayed his commitment to democracy, although I still feel the funds could have been used better he listened to the people of this island and constructed the buildings they desired. Even though I might disagree with the policy I still applaud our leader for his democratic spirit. The establishment of the public notice board is another important step, as long as the content is not ever censored.

Of course there are some, such as Javier Rentierra, who will not be satisfied unless El Presidente institutes a theocracy and runs the island as a wholly owned subsidy of Dole or Chiquita, I hope that El Presidente continues to stand strong against those who cannot be satisfied, and instead works to help the common people of Tropico.

I do, however, believe that our nation would be well served by the construction of a College to help us fully develop our human resources, and also a Farm which would begin to allow us, the people of Tropico, to benefit from exports. This will open up many new jobs.

I do not share these sentiments on immigrants. I believe we should embrace the advantages and skills that they bring to our island and not use them as a boogeyman to score political points with Nationalists.

-Corporal Ernesto Peron Chavez
 
I agree with the sentiment of Corporal Ernesto Peron Chavez, that our current President has done much and is steadily improving our island state. Such leaps and bounds in production and infrastructure as these candidates claim is ridiculously impossible when people don't even have places to live.

Working at a college, military base, or factory while still living out of a shanty? Preposterous.. I myself have moved out of my years old rickety home into one of these tenements, and they are a MAJOR improvement to what I once called home, roaches and all.

Furthermore, the rhetoric of Javier Rentierra is militaristic and violent in nature... and still he wishes to raise wages when he wants to induct more production and policies. He seems to want to do it all, right away. Surely, the same kind of politician who makes promises but never seems to keep them, and this time, it won't be because he is not interested, but because he will find it is not a sound plan and will be unable to push for what he strives to achieve.

To: El Presidente
From: Leonardo Martinez

My friend El Presidente, aside from your current initiative of providing more housing, which I applaud, I would look into building a fisherman's wharf, or maybe 2, for the population. Our island only has 2 corn farms, and we are steadily growing to where either it won't feed enough people, or we will never make revenue from the leftover corn. I agree wholeheartedly as an "intellectual", and as I am aware you do also, that while education and a college is important, the economy and providing jobs to citizens who are not yet educated is an important focus. The Nationalists, Capitalists, and Communists all scream for more jobs and exports, and I know word on the street mirrors this sentiment. I hope you will take this into consideration.
 
News

It is election season once more Tropicans! Accepting nominations to compete against the glorious El Presidente in this shameless attack on our glorious leader's character.

Three Tropicans reached adulthood this year! Rejoice!

Two new immigrants have arrived on Tropico!

New Laws Enacted By El Presidente

Law 01/53: establishing an official workday. The maximum workday will be ten hours per day. Any further hours will be paid as extra hours.

Law 02/53: establishing the right to free days. Every person shall have at least one free day per week.

Law 03/53: establishing minimum pay. Every working person has the right to being paid enough money to ensure himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity.

Law 04/53: establishing punishments for lawbreakers. All lawbreakers will pay their debt with society by working for free for the government until a prison is built.

Law 05/53: reverting Law 01/51. Given that there is a church now, there is no need for this.

Law 06/53: establishing a National Day. A study of our nation's history shows that our island proclaimed independence from Spain the day 25th September 1868, when the Queen Isabel II was dethroned during the Glorious Revolution (OOC: yes, Spain had its own Glorious Revolution, which although it was successful in overthrowing the Queen, ultimately failed in its actual objective of establishing a more democratic nation). From now on, the day 25th September will be Tropico's National Day.

Law 07/53: establishing Election Day. Election Day will happen every four years on the first Saturday of December, starting from 1954, so that a democratic regime may be permanently established. Election Day may be only postponed or cancelled in case of National Emergency, such as a natural catastrophe.

Law 08/53: establishing Government Day. To permit a smooth transition between presidents, the second Saturday of January of the year after elections will have the elected President make his oath of office, independently of whether the President is incumbent or newly elected.

Law 09/53: establishing the rights of women. Every woman has the same rights and duties as every man. No discrimination will be allowed to happen.

Law 10/53: establishing the rights of immigrants. Immigrants may become citizens after passing a test that demonstrates their knowledge of our nation. Should they pass it, they will be given full rights.

Law 11/53: establishing freedom of religion. Every person will be allowed to follow the tenets of the religion of their choice, as long as said tenets do not attent against other persons' rights. Every religion is equal under the eyes of the Government. No discrimination may be placed against someone for their religion.

Law 12/53: establishing the separation of Church and State. From now on, the Church of Trópico will be independent from the Republic of Trópico. There shall be no relation between Government and Church beyond political relations with the Head of the Catholic Church and of the Vatican State. The Church will not be funded by the State, as per Law 11/53, which establishes the equality of all religions.

Law 13/53: concerning paper recycling. Paper is to be used to make recycled paper, thus considerably reducing the number of trees that need to be cut to make paper.

Law 14/53: from now on, a half of the current Tropican forest shall become the Tropican National Park, protected from destruction, so that it remains in its current, unpolluted state.

New Buildings Built by El Presidente

1 Tenement
1 College
1 Factory (Lumber Mill)

Player Stat Changes

Manuel Hidalgo Señor:
+2 Environmentalist

Javier Rentierra:
+1 Nationalist
+1 Religious
+1 Militarist

Alfonso Andréz-Peréz:
+1 Nationalist
-1 Capitalist

Miguel Ferdanez de Garcia:
-1 Nationalist
+1 Militarist

Corporal Ernesto Peron Chavez:
+1 Intellectual
-1 Religious

Leonardo Martinez:
+1 Communist

OOC

Remember, if you feel the Presidente is mismanaging the nation, it is up to all of you to call him out on it.

Elections are upon us. Feel free to post your proclamation to be running for President, and away we go. Elections will be held Monday night, giving us our second President.

A Postcard from Tropico!

 
There's only term limits if ya'll want term limits.
 
Dropping this.
 
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