Costa Rica And Its Effects On The Economy

Costa Rica is currently at the population of 4,500,000. The national territory is 31,682 square miles. If you compare that to size of the United States at 3.79 million square miles, its a very small piece of land. The capital is San Jose located in almost the middle of the country. Spanish is the official language, like many of the other surrounding countries. Their currency is called colon which was named after Christopher Columbus. Catholic is

We ate at a restaurant there in which the owner made ox carts. He did all of the woodwork using hydroelectricity with a waterwheel in the back. They were all also hand painted and hand carved pieces. It was very beautiful. We finally got to Turriabla that night. The next day we went to the college and botanical gardens of CATIE. In the botanical gardens we got to try all of the different fruits grown in Costa Rica. They are all very good and different tasting. Even the mangos and pineapples taste so much better there. Now that we are back I dislike the ones here. One example of something we tried there was called the miracle fruit. It made anything you ate afterwards that was sour taste sweet and it actually worked. We toured the coffee plantation there as well as the college campus and had more traditional Costa Rican food in the cafeteria there. Finally, in Turriabla we went to a fruit market and an ice cream shop and practiced our Spanish. We then prepared for our third stop.

Human habitation can be traced back more than 10,000 years but it appears Costa Rica was sparsely populated and a relative backwater in the pre-Columbian era. There is little sign of major communities and none of the impressive stone architecture that characterized the more advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica to the north and the Andes to the south. When Columbus arrived near Lim¢¢n on September 18, 1502 on his third and last voyage to the Americas, there were probably no more than 20,000 indigenous inhabitants They lived in several autonomous tribes, all with distinct cultures and customs. Costa Rica 's only major archaeological site is at Guayabo, 30 miles east of San Jos‚‚, where an ancient city, dating back to 1000 B.C. and though to

The annual growth rate for Costa Rica is 2.4%. Currently it takes about 36 years for the population to double. If this trend continues, by the year 2036 there will be approximately 7,346,000 people living in Costa Rica. That means that there will be a population density of about 350 persons per square mile.

Many people immigrate to Costa Rica for the education and literacy rate there are extraordinary. There’s Many goods in Costa Rica such as Coffee Beans, Bananas, Lumber and Sugar and they are all exported from Costa Rica. The people from Costa Rica depend on fruit, mining, lumber and other resources the country has adapted to the area by building houses with area conditioning and bridges for areas that are separated by bodies of water they have also build dams that provide energy and big factories for producing mass production products they also have airlines, airplanes, the postal mail services and etc. They have also evolved in communication because back then they could only communicate through person and now they communicate through email, text, and

Costa Rica does not seem to be a prime target for terrorism. There is virtually no connection with the violence going on in the Middle East or with Islamic extremism. In contrast to many Central and South American countries, there is little to no clear violent opposition to the country’s national government. There is, however, increasing violence in relation to the drug trafficking trade. Every few weeks someone is found executed; however, this is generally limited to

Nicaragua has been through a lot as a country throughout its history. By war and political corruption. Yet, during the beginning of its history around the 15th century much was not going on during that period. Much of its history occurred during the 19th century. In “1523 the Spanish conquered Nicaragua and divided the land into large estates, and forced the native people were forced to work.” (Lambert). The Spanish took most of the control of Central America up in until the late 18th century. Where during “1821 part of Central America broke away from Spanish rule and formed the United Central Provinces” (Lambert). As a result of breaking away from Spanish rule, Nicaragua became an independent country in 1838. “In 1893 a man named Jose Santos Zelaya made himself dictator of Nicaragua. In 1909 there was a rebellion and

Imagine a place, a paradise, where rain, wind, the rays of our sun, and even the dozens of volcanoes that this country has can be used to power up your television, your microwave, your whole house, even your whole city. Well, this will become a reality for a Central American developed country, who has vowed to become 100% bio-sustainable, fossil fuel-free, by the year 2021. This paradise is called Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is located in Central America. The capital is San José. It is bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Costa Rica is approximately 19,730 square miles in land area. This makes it just smaller than the U.S. state of West Virginia. Costa Rica has a very diverse landscape, with rainforests, volcanoes, lowlands, and beaches. (Costa) Costa Rica is a great vacation destination, however, living there is a different experience. Their history and culture roots far back, and they still have their own struggles to deal with.

Having a population of over 4 million the economy could get pretty hectic. GDP per capita is the quotient of the GDP and the number of people in the country, and since the GDP capita has been steadily increasing with a few decreases means that there’s been growth in the economy and increase in productivity, so this will cause the poverty in the country to decrease. However, in some years like 2003-04 and 2007-10 there were increases in poverty, which seems backwards. The reason being is that Costa Rica’s Gini Index, a measure of inequality (0 being perfect equality and 1 being the opposite), the index went from 0.47 in the year of 2000 to one half eleven years later. Inequality plays a major role with poverty because the lack of granting those in need with government assistance, such as health insurance and social security, would lead to more people in poverty, or leaving the same people in poverty because they are incapable of getting the help they need to get out of the low income to no income situations. Moreover, The World Bank considers Costa Rica an upper middle-income country regardless of the poverty levels. The reason this is an upper middle class country is because of its large professional middle class

Costa Rica, meaning “Rich Coast” in Spanish, is one of the twenty-two Spanish speaking countries in the world. Its capital is San Jose. Costa Rica is a presidential republic government much like the United States. It borders the Caribbean

Costa Rica is a small Central America nation bordered by Nicaragua, Panamá, the Caribbean Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. The country is known for eco-tourism and its reputation as a democratic nation which avoided the periods of violence, corruption, and dictatorship throughout the Cold War. Much of the scholarship that focuses on the Cold War in Latin America often refers to Costa Rica as one of the few exceptions to the long-standing periods of violence, institutional corruption, and dictatorships. However, Costa Rica was not always a passive nation, and it did fall to a period of violence as leader of the opposition party, José Figueres, fought alongside the Social Democrats and the Caribbean Legion against the National Republic Party which

Costa Rica provided me with a fresh, inspiring, and eye-opening portal into the world of South America. My time in Costa was filled with self-love, self-acceptance and self- appreciation. I experienced so much growth, discomfort, confusion, compassion, generosity, exhaustion, and most abundantly, love. Beautiful workshops; some teaching me about the power of my yoni, others focusing on the knowledge of the self and the core that each individual must return to within their own body and soul. Indian temple and body appreciation dance classes, and every single beautiful artist and individual that graced me with their

I personally have had the opportunity to visit Costa Rica several times. Costa Rica is a paradise and because of its positions on the ring of fire, it has many volcanos, a lot of mountains and beautiful beaches. The CIA website, that gathers information of all countries, describes Costa Rica's climate as “tropical and subtropical a dry season from December to April and a rainy season from May to November. (CIA)

Costa Rica is a country in Central America, known for its rain forests, plants, and green land. Though Costa Rica is known for this, the indigenous groups of this country struggle to retain the land that they have lived. Costa Rica has about 100,000 indigenous people, comprising of about 2.7% of the population . In 1977, the country adopted the Costa Rica Indigenous Law. This gave the indigenous peoples the rights to stay in their self- governed communities, and provided that these territories are “inalienable and imprescriptible, non-transferable and exclusive for the indigenous communities.” Costa Rica also signed and ratified the Convention Concerning