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Costa Rica Archive
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U.S. Facing Bold New Calls for “Drug War” Alternatives
By Ekow Bartels-Kodwo, Research Associate at the Council On Hemispheric Affairs. on April 2, 2012 | 4 CommentsAt a poorly attended summit of Central American leaders, the host President Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala reiterated calls for the decriminalization of recreational drug use. Although some regional former heads of state have called for such a solution, President Molina became the first sitting head of state to openly... -
Re: “New Study: Chinese Exports undermine Latin American manufacturing”
By COHA Research Associate Lynn Yi-Ling Tu on February 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe article published on your website entitled “Trade Competition from China” by Osvaldo Rosales painted in a somewhat entirely deserved negative light the impacts of such Chinese exports on Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. However, the region could also view such trade as an opportunity rather than just a threat, and even the ambivalent ongoing... -
Home, Sweet Home: Migration between Latin American Countries
By COHA Research Associate Alena Hontarava on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsSource: http://lokheilorrainecheung.wordpress.com/ In the final decades of the twentieth century, Latin America – once a prominent destination for migrants – slowly transitioned to become the largest migrant source, mainly as a result of the economic crises that took place in the 1980s. As the number of European and Asian immigrants to... -
Low Taxation Perpetuates Insecurity in Central America
By COHA Research Associate Christina Curtin on July 19, 2011 | 2 CommentsSource: The World Bank Taxation – who pays, how much they spend, and where this revenue goes – is a contentious issue in Latin America. Governments collect imposts from their citizens, and in return, the state is expected to invest prudently in education, health, and security programs that benefit society.... -
Costa Rica: An Army-less Nation in a Problem-Prone Region
By COHA Research Fellow Alex Sanchez on June 2, 2011 | 11 CommentsThe Central American nation of Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world that does not possess a standing military. Nevertheless, Costa Rica, like other Latin American countries, faces a variety of security threats that test the country’s security capacity. Major national security issues include border control,... -
Dredging Up an Old Issue: An Analysis of the Long-Standing Dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua over the San Juan River
By COHA Research Associates Nicky Pear & Alexandra Reed on January 24, 2011 | 20 CommentsAs mounting tensions continue to smolder on the Korean Peninsula, another border dispute has been heating up in Central America, pitting Nicaragua against Costa Rica. Though it lacks the geopolitical gravitas and explosive nature of the conflict between North and South Korea, the standoff over a small area along the...