Gustavo Fuchs takes a look at this country, nicknamed the ‘Central American Switzerland’.
Studying the history of Costa Rica, Isaac Felipe Azofeifa reached the conclusion that the country perceives itself as an island, ‘a country without problems, that must stay isolated from the insanity of the world’.
It has certainly stood out from its neighbours’ troubled history, priding itself on being one of the continent’s most stable democracies. This distinction has earned it the nickname of the ‘Central American Switzerland’.
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