Costa Rica has become synonymous with stability and prosperity - Costa Ricans enjoy the highest rate of literacy, healthcare, education and life expectancy in the isthmus. Unlike so many of its neighbors, the country has a long democratic tradition of free and open elections, no standing army (it was abolished in 1948) and even a Nobel Peace Prize to its name, won by former president, Oscar Arias, a key architect in the Peace Plan that helped bring an end to the conflicts in the region during the 1980s.
Costa Rica has become synonymous with stability and prosperity - Costa Ricans enjoy the highest rate of literacy, healthcare, education and life expectancy in the isthmus. Unlike so many of its neighbors, the country has a long democratic tradition of free and open elections, no standing army (it was abolished in 1948) and even a Nobel Peace Prize to its name, won by former president, Oscar Arias, a key architect in the Peace Plan that helped bring an end to the conflicts in the region during the 1980s.
