The Real Costa Rica - A Look at The Growing Edge
The Real Costa Rica is an honest look at some of the problems that Costa Rica is confronting. Costa Rica is an interesting place. It is beautiful - that's why tourists come. However, there are many things that can change to make the country function better as a community. Costa Rica is situated between both Panama and Nicaragua, two countries that have armed forces. It has resolved to be a peaceful nation. But it seems to be at war with itself in several ways. People shirk their duties to pay taxes, the price of goods is way high compared to its neighbors, their is a growing gap between those who have and the impoverished, and the security of its citizens is threatened by the drug cartels who use the country as a conduit for sending their wares northward. Evidence for all of these problems, and proposed solutions, are the topic of this site. Read the blog and see for yourself.
About the photo above in the header: It is a close-up of the spines on a pichote tree trunk, an illusion to the prickly aspects of Costa Rica.
About the photo above in the header: It is a close-up of the spines on a pichote tree trunk, an illusion to the prickly aspects of Costa Rica.