“Costa Rica comes in first in access to adequate housing by gender, and GDP spent on social programs, women’s rights and financial inclusion,” according to the Americas Quarterly Social Inclusion Index 2014.
In Americas Quarterly, Matthew Budd and Marcela Donadio describe ways to tackle the region’s problems of crime and violence.
More women in political power hasn't necessarily translated into more protection for women's rights.
The Citizens’ Action Party’s Luis Guillermo Solís became the first president elected...
Ahead of the April 6 vote, only a single candidate remains in the running after the...
“The United States recognizes the importance of developing an economic relationship with the Pacific Pumas,” suggests COA’s Eric Farnsworth at a COA forum on the trade bloc.
The lack of a challenger could allow presidential candidate Luis Guillermo Solís to focus on building broader support and consensus in Costa Rica, notes COA’s Eric Farnsworth.