Latin America

This is what Costa Rica can teach the world about democracy 

Farmers plant onions on a plantation in Llano Grande, Costa Rica August 24, 2017. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Costa Rica has been an unlikely island of progressive social and environmental policy following its civil war in 1948. Image: REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

Joseph E. Stiglitz
Professor, Columbia University
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