I don't think it's fair to say that Costa Rica didn't take sides in the Cold War. They were firmly within the US sphere of influence, and the only reason they have been able to exist without a national military is because they have the backing of the US military, such as when the Calderonistas attempted to invade but were scared off by the Americans.
Yeah, if Costa Rica had started its civil war a decade later, we would have ended up similarly to Guatemala. The socialists were exiled just before the USA started worrying over communism in the region. The main difference between Costa Rica and the rest of countries in Central America is that we had no active war or dictatorship between the 1970s-90s, which was when the gap between both got very wide...
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The logic goes like this: In a 20th century world, the civil fights are won better by fighting with papers instead of bullets, so for internal conflicts, no single man has access to a military if there isn't one, for international conflicts, you have big ruling entities like OEA or UN that can penalize the losing side harder than bullets. And against a big enemy like russia, china or USA, a tiny military department of a country of 5 million people won't be able to protect anything anyways, and also OEA treaty protects all americas countries from foreign attackers, not just Costa Rica.
This is why. Costa Rica has always been favourable to the USA, and didnt elect communist leaders unlike the others.. which the CIA decided wasnt going to fly and overthrew the governments for pro-US dictatorships that basically bankrupt their countries
Ya but if your country was being taken over by some foreign power, the knowledge that they will be penalized by the international community after the fact wouldn't feel like much of a consolation.
I went to Costa Rica in January 2017. I absolutely loved it there. If I spoke Spanish and didn’t have a ton of medical issues, I’d move there tomorrow. Such a beautiful place and lovely people.
@@Retler39Los ticos damos tantas cosas por hecho, nos quejamos de los salarios sin darnos cuenta que tenemos el más alto de Latinoamerica y el tercero más Alto del continente de América, el solo hecho de poder tomar agua de un tubo ya lo damos por hecho, el poder salir de noche en el pueblo, el poder sacar el teléfono en un bus, y claro que hay inseguridad, como cualquier país de primer mundo, y eso que no somos de primer mundo nosotros, pero nos quejamos de tantas cosas sin ver países como Cuba, Venezuela o Nicaragua donde no se puede ni dar una opinión públicamente porque de plano los exilian del país.
As a Costa Rican, it is necessary to add an important element that many groups, news outlets and organizations forget to report or in some cases is not known. When Costa Rica abolished the army, one of the decisions that was taken in addition to this was to prohibit communist parties in the country from the end of the 40s to the beginning of the 80s, so during this time of revolutions in Latin America, Costa Rica was inoculated from this problem.
What you are saying and forgive me for being categorical. Costa Rica has never ever prohibited communist parties from being part of the ideological construct of our political culture. in Fact the communist party was very important in the consolidation of our democratic system as it was with the Catholic Church and the New partido Liberacion Nacional, the three leaderships that help in the design of the Second Constitution of the Republic and the Social Guaranties we enjoy today. Ever since there has always been a communist party participating in the democratic elections. The Partido Vanguardia Popular is the best example and today Frente Amplio (moderate socialist party) bringing the best deputies this century so far. I am ideologically a socialist and Costa Rica's democracy has provided a place for us to express, inspire and give our ideals for the betterment of our wonderful nation.
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Costa Rica fue aliado político estratégico de Estados Unidos en la región para ayudar con los golpes blandos de Estado a otros países americanos aquí en Costa Rica hay bases militares estadounidenses
@@diegoulate6544 You are giving incorrect information anyone can check and see that a law in the country was passed in 1949 prohibiting the creation of communist parties "it was prohibited by article 98 between 1949 and 1975". The communist rebrand the party but the impact of the same during the 50s, 60s and 70s was almost null in terms of potilical decisions. This is well know and people from those years can tell you so. Why do you even mentioned "Frente Amplio" and best deputies; this is a socialist party that only cares about their cronies in fact they currently support regimes from Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela and others in Latin America. I do believe we need a socialist party in order to show the population the wrongs of socialism ideas and politics that have destroy many other countries in LATAM.
@@diegoulate6544 Wrong "Article 98 of the Costa Rican Constitution is the article that regulates the free association of citizens in political parties. The Costa Rican Communist Party was banned by Article 98 between 1949 and 1975." Also this political party Frente Amplio is full of socialist cronies and support many of the anti-democratic regimes in Latina America like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Saying they have the best deputies is a disservice to our country. But I do respect their position in the national assembly because its important to have open conversation with extreme movements in order to understand their failures, lies and push back against their agendas.
I wonder if because it's the Maya sphere of influence, Mexico having the other half. (and Honduras having tiny Copan) Central America tends to mean "not in the Mesoamerican culture before that Italian guy"
@@JordyJ. True, but its GDP per capita is rather similar to its neighbors in CA. Its just very populated, with 17 million people, 3 times the population plus twice the land that CR has, yet its GDP is rather on par with it. It has a lot of potential, but its still much behind in terms of economic diversification and access to basic services...
That is only partly true, El Salvador is now the safest country in the area for anyone who is not a criminal, but it lacks democratic stability; Now on the other hand, what does El Salvador need Democracy for? What El Salvador needs is what El Salvador already has, his name is Nayit Bukele and I hope it lasts forever. Costa Rica has the problems of any democracy, even the bad guys have rights and we are obliged to respect them.🇨🇷🕊  Comentarios Eso es cierto solo en parte, El Salvador ahora es el país más seguro que existe en el área para quien no sea delincuente, pero carece de estabilidad democrática; ahora por otro lado, para que necesita El Salvador Democracia, lo que necesita El Salvador ya lo tiene se llama Nayit Bukele y ojalá les dure para siempre. Costa Rica tiene los problemas de toda democracia, hasta los tipos malos tienen derechos y estamos obligados a respetarlos.🇨🇷🕊
American ex-pats (Quakers who left America during the Korean War for a country with no standing army) in Monteverde planted the seed of eco-tourism in Costa Rica that has spread to other countries around the world. Costa Rica's President was quick to open other parks when he observed the influx of tourists to Monteverde.
Iran - contra was mentioned here, which can't be over stated how much death it lead to. In Guatemala, look up the banana wars. American cooperations owned like 90% of the land. When locals fought back over there repression America again funded nationals leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths. It's just necessary to understand the usa's history in this region of the world to understand why it is the way it today. We still have sanctions that harm locals. Locals have no idea why they are being targeted at this point.
You CANNOT say El Salvador failed It has no civil war currently or for a long time, and it is one of the safest countries now with the new president It used to be terrible but now it's great
bro it was majorly fucked up until a few years ago. one of the worst of latin America let alone central America. however, the recent reforms have been incredible for them
Luckily it is turning into a success story, but it used to be a total mess not so long ago. It still has plenty of problems, but at least they have solved a very crucial one regarding security.
Bukele may have solved the security problem but to the expense of many liberties of the salvadorean people. A lot of them openly express their discontent with his policies and currently he is being investigated for having struck deals with the gangs while he was a governor. The country's reserves were used to purchase huge amounts of cryptocurrencies and many believe that money disappeared. Let's just hope for the future of El Salvador and it's people.
I think in order to be considered as a steady country, it must show that for many decades in a row. El Salvador is on track to get it, but they still need to overcome the test of time.
If you come, I'd recomend you to visit San Carlos area, going via Río Cuarto, and then go to Bajos del Toro...just make sure to rent a 4X4 vehicle, while lots of things are good here, streets are in the top 80 worst countries' streets in the whole world.
@@WillMellquist i saw another comment already mention san carlos which is the arenal volcano area and also mentions bajos del toro which is a place with lots of waterfalls is incredible one of the most underrated places in costa rica but you will have to be kinda of fit i mean not that much but you know is more adventurous but the is crazy the ammount of watterfalls that are there, not many people go there. i plan to go but i know what im getting into . so if you want adventure bajos del toro is one the best places to go ..
Went to La Fortuna last year and it was amazing. Gorgeous place and everyone is very nice. Although there's a lot of expats doing airbnbs there which makes me fear for its future in terms of wealth disparity
Future? Wealth disparity has been in full force for decades by now, and now expats are pushing locals to living like rats with 3 generations living in the same run down house while foreigners buy all the houses. Source: born, raised and living in Costa Rica.
Your knowledge on El Salvador is really not up to date for this video. In 2024 El Salvador got over 5 millions visitors and they are living since the last 5 years (Bukele's presidency) a social economic revolution. Also why wasn't Guatemala & Panama not even included in this video. They are all part of Central American integrated Economy (SICA).
In addition Costa Rica had recovered their forest cover from 80s, thereby having it the double at today than 80s. Moreover, Costa Rica produces +95% of their energy from renewable sources.
Guatemala is a semi stable country, but it still suffers from the same economic challenges than its neighbors. Belize had a very different upbringing, being a Brittish colony, and only recently became independant... Panama is the only country in Central America to challenge CR in GDP, but this is because the USA made sure that Panama was stable due to their interest in the canal (search up Noriega); which nowadays is a huge moneymaker for Panama
Como salvadoreño mucho éxito para Costa Rica aunque puedo opinar lo q pienso sobre Costa Rica le deseo q sigan creciendo más de lo q an logrado también nosotros lo aremos bendiciones al pueblo de Costa Rica 🇨🇷🇸🇻
A theory I read was that Costa Rico inheritance was divided among each son, not just the oldest. That resulted in many small land holders, rather than concentration of wealth that fosters competition, violence, revolts, and revolution. That was the case even in the 19th Century, well before many of the reasons stated (ie: Cold War).
Don't that leave succeeding generations poorer? I guess all these countries are just more massive than mine. The state of disrepair of the terraces here in the Philippines is blamed on forcing equal inheritance on the natives of the area, where before only the eldest inherit the land. The plots got small to the point that many are reduced to subsistence farming and understandably, younger generations just moved to the city.
Muchas gracias por expresarse tan bien de mi país. Tratamos dia a dia de trabajar muy duro, siguiendo una parte de lo que dice nuestro himno nacional, el cual dice "vivan siempre el trabajo y la paz"
As a Black Salvi, I can say that El Salvador is becoming more wealthy and richer day by day. Our new president Nayib Bukele has help our country to a great extent.
@@RayBrown-m1j Si, en general el Salvador está llegando a niveles de avance muy positivos, pero todavía falta bastante para que llegue a un nivel de desarrollo similar a Panamá o Costa Rica, ya que el salvador estuvo muchísimos años envuelto bajo presidentes corruptos y mucha violencia.
I lived in Nicaragua for about 2 years roughly 20 years ago. I had a job I absolutely hated in the US prior to that time and wanted to experience something different and got the opportunity to go to Nicaragua and check it out and see if I wanted to live there so I took it. And several months later I was living there. I wanted something different and boy did I ever get that, which was great at first but got old after a while. Foreign investors started to come to the conclusion ( back in the 1990s) that Nicaragua would be the next Costa Rica and by the late 90s the idea was "you need to get in now, get in early, if you really want to prosper in Nicaragua. That is what lead me down there. My primary job was helping American and other foreign investors oversee their business interests down there. Nicaragua has SO MUCH unrealized potential but unfortunately I believe it may very well be a potential that will most likely never be taken advantage of. There is a rivalry between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Many Nicas see Costa Ricans as a bunch of uppity spoiled rich people that look down on them. But, it became pretty obvious to me that it is as simple as Costa Rica has it's shit together where as Nicaragua does not. Nicaragua "progress" can be described as very much a 3 steps forward, two steps back form of "progress" at best. They just can't seem to get out of their own way, and it is exceedingly frustrating for an investor. Truth be told Nicaragua is a 3rd World country where the vast majority of that nation's wealth is in the hands of a very small exclusive minority. The system, as is works for those wealthy elites in Nicaragua who have the majority of the political and financial power of that country. They do not want to rock the boat because keeping the status quo is what is in their best interests. The elites are extremely wealthy, they benefit from keeping the elites wealthy and powerful while keeping the vast majority of Nicaragua's population in poverty. Nicaragua is a very class-based system where the elites live like kings and queens and treat the poor like sub human garbage, whose entire purpose in life is to cater to the elites. Why would these elites want to change the status quo? It works pretty well for them and the majority of those living in poverty wouldn't know any other way.
One of the distinguishing features of Costa Rica was left out - its demographic history. This is an understandable omission in today’s woke, politically correct world plus TH-cam’s Stasi-style content censorship, but it very possibly has something to do with the nation’s position vis-à-vis the rest of the region. In particular it had a small indigenous population before the Spanish arrived and they were victims of the disease and other conditions the colonization process entailed. This resulted in a demographic that is far larger in its European influence, with Spanish overwhelmingly represented but including Italians, Germans, and Irish. One need not conclude racialist theory to think that perhaps western civilization was more distinctly pursued in the country and was a factor that has led to its stability, in particular respect for the rule of law. I do think it merits at least being mentioned, even though facts often pushed aside when inconvenient to pop ideology.
From La Ceiba Honduras I just want to say I like your video. Foreign intervention during the 60s 70s and 80s really hinder the country's growth. Being dependent from the US didnt help either. Progress is slow and sometimes it feels like we take one step forward two steps back. Natural disasters are also a problem in Honduras. Hurricanes Fifi, Mitch, Eta, Iota and tropical storm Sara devastate Honduras Economy. Lastly Its a little bit weird not seeing Guatemala. The five countries have always been together. XD My country's flag has 5 stars representing the five original central american nations. Our history and culture its interwined.
Comparing El Salvador vs. Costa Rica is like comparing Zimbabwe vs. Botswana. In both cases the former was ruled by a small, wealthy class of settlers which contributed to high inequality and power struggles after independence. In both cases the latter was considered a backwater, but the lack of colonial exploitation and resource mismanagement led to a more equal, prosperous society.
My wife and I have lived in Jinotepe, Carazo Nicaragua for the past 3 years! This is a hidden gem! Housing costs, food costs, water , cable costs are at least 50 to 60 % lower than Canada or the US
Hahaha mr. Let's make a bet: go out 8s. at this very moment on the street, you in Jinotepe and me in Cartago, Costa Rica and shout "THIS GOVERNMENT IS OPPRESSIVE AND IT'S DISGUSTING, LET'S CHANGE IT." I guarantee you that I can do it every day and even on television, radio, Internet, etc., and continue living my life as if nothing had happened. The question here is what would happen to you, your family, your assets the day after you scream in the street? Jajaja mr. Hagamos una apuesta: salga 8s.en este mismo momento a la calle, usted en Jinotepe y yo en Cartago, Costa Rica y gritemos "ESTE GOBIERNO ES OPRESIVO Y ES UN ASCO CAMBIEMOSLO". Le garantizo que pyo puedo hacerlo todos los días y hasta en televisión, radio, Internet etc, y seguir viviendo mi vida como si nada. La pregunta aquí es ¿que pasaría con usted, su familia, sus bienes al día siguiente de que usted grite en la calle?🇨🇷🕊😅
en hora buena hermano ,, de veras muchas bendiciones para el pueblo del salvador he conocido muchos salvadore;os y de verdad que son gente super amable , les deseo lo mejor .
EL SALVADOR hasn’t fail, by history yes, there was problems and a dark past, but this country if moving forward to a very prosperous future. Just give it some time and it’ll become a nation with the most wealth in the region. Is just a matter of time”.. MARK THIS DOWN”👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
@@FranciscoRodriguez-ed6qr Still not yet, plenty of years are needed for it to to become a "ok" country. Just because security is better and THE REST of indicators are still THE SAME, keeps it as a 3rd World Country.
@ Without a doubt;… there has been a significant change in only 2…3 years on Salvadoran soil, and yes; it takes time nobody is arguing about that, but to just come out and put on the seal of FAILED on a nation that ( weather you like it or not)”. Is thriving on a lot of positive things as we speak, is like simply ignoring the good that is happening there. For your information Costa Rica is not doing so well currently. ( not bad mouthing the country though)” is just not the very peaceful… prosperous country that it used to be.
Because they always had the support of the tourist from all over the world and El Salvador did not have tourists for a long long time because of wars and gangs problems it's been like that for decades but now thank God everything is changing for good
I think Costa Rica, El Salvador ,Panama would be considered 2nd world countries nowadays . The Dominican Republic has tourism.but still there is much poverty . If the DR is so rich why not tackle poverty ? Honduras has lots of potencial for ecotourism .As Costa Rica becomes saturated ,and expensive;Honduras could pick up on this .
@@Cronkna Cause jailing a bunch of people doesn’t mean he has fixed the economy. Which is mostly a distraction from his dubious business with state owned enterprises.
Belize and Panama sometimes arent considered part of CA since they werent part of the same colony. Panama was part of Colombia while Belize was a colony of the UK I truly dont understand why he left Guatemala tho. That indeed confuses me
@pelaoperez9874 Genetic studies show guatemala has the least European DNA in the America's. that the actual mestizo population is only around 20 to 30%.
Mae por ahí no es el problema. EL Estado es el problema. El alto costo de vida es por culpa del gobierno y su gasto desmedido, altísima carga regulatoria/burrocrática e impuestos altos. Ni los gringos ni los canadienses que se vienen a vivir aquí son la causa raíz del problema.
@@JosePablo2008 Dos cosas pueden ser ciertas al mismo tiempo. El gobierno que nos mete impuestos hasta por respirar, y los gringos, canadienses y europeos haciendo que se disparen los precios de todo, especialmente ahora que se vienen a trabajar en remoto y ganan 5 veces mas que los locales pagando nada de impuestos mientras los que estamos aqui nos peleamos para recibir un centimo del extranjero sin que el gobierno nos rompa el culo.
La bronca de CR es que debido a nuestro sello verde la regulación de construcción es bastante pesada (excepto si se tiene dinero pa comprar a la muni ) entonces al haber menos oferta que demanda pues los precios suben, además tomando en cuenta que aunque la población está distribuida hasta cierto punto más que en otros países el GAM está saturado y hay viviendas fuera del GAM súper baratas que nadie quiere comprar, hace años ningún tico quería comprar propiedades en la playa porque no había trabajo y era barato comprar terrenos ahí, pero ahora que es un súper destino y las playas se han llenado de gente adinerada extranjera obvio los precios han subido muchísimo. El problema no es tan sencillo como decir el malo es este o aquel
Foreigners can buy land? I thought it was common for ex colonial possessions to have protectionist laws to favor natives. Like here in the Philippines foreigners cannot own land and businesses must be at least 60% owned by Filipinos.
Maybe if the US wasn't destabilizing its neighborhood, it wouldn't be having all those border issues. I guess they at least got a hint and now investing in Mexico as an alternative factory to China. Should have done it sooner.
@@Herzankerkreuz67 It’s not as cheap as other places in Latin America but it’s certainly much cheaper than anywhere in the states. Might be a skill issue
@ZEFFENWULF Interesting you make such a statement. Whereas I hear from American tourists that groceries in Costa Rica are at least as expensive as in the US. With the exception of grocery prices in the capital, there they're cheaper. But in any of the tourist areas, they're more expensive. Might be a knowledge issue ?
@ No. Costa Rica markets itself falsely to the world. I’ve been here for a few years. I’m 42 and retired. I am good on money for the rest of my life. I live frugal and organic. What does that tell ya?
na, you don't know what you're talking about, I know all those countries and the best is El Salvador, at least currently, your video would have made sense a couple of years ago haha
I would love to Visit El Salvador one day, my dad was born there so Iam half. Especially now since the crime rate has gone down. I have been to Costa Rica though that country is beautiful I've been to Jaco Beach it was one of the best trips of my life. PURA VIDA
Some people complain too much here in CR. But when you see how most of the countries in the continent are doing.... There is a reason the emigration rate here is low, an immigration is somewhat significant, especially from Nicaragua and Venezuela
Wild that this popped up. I am at the San Jose Airport in Costa Rica right now waiting for a flight to the US. And I don't search a lot of Costa Rica content so the algorithm shouldn't have me on this one.
This video is so misleading. Panama🇵🇦 and El salvador 🇸🇻 are not highly impoverished countries like Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. El Salvador 🇸🇻 is already improving.
@@JordyJ. True, but its GDP per capita is rather similar to its neighbors in CA. Its just very populated, with 17 million people, 3 times the population plus twice the land that CR has, yet its GDP is rather on par with it. It has a lot of potential, but its still much behind in terms of economic diversification and access to basic services...
Country looks very nice when you stick to tourist trails, it's when you go where the bulk of the population that the country rears it's ugly head of widespread poverty.
The combination of polar vortex shifts, blocking patterns, and merging storms shows how powerful and unpredictable nature can be. It’s not just weather
@@chrispaulus4491 they are very friendly by culture and because u are a tourist . but a lot of them are liars and not relible. Try to contract a mechanic .
I don't think the Dominican Republic is winning the Caribbean. Yes they have the largest GDP but that's because they have the largest population after Haiti. But on a GDP per capita the DR is near the bottom of the list. Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda, etc have WAAAY larger GDP per capital. DR has a GDP per capital of $10k while the Bahamas have $35k. Barbados $22k, Trinidad $20k, etc. plus I feel in those other countries the wealth is more evenly spread out. While in the DR only a few communities are extremely well off and the rest of the country is doing terrible. The DR has a lot of work to do and the wealth inequality is something that needs to be worked on asap
Because historically Panama wasn't part of Central America but Gran Colombia up until its independence in 1903. Nowadays, some central Americans consider Panama part of CA, however, some of us do not. :/
Central America is not the same as America of the center. The first one only include Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica; the second one includes both Panamá and Belize
The downfall of Nicaragua was its fascination with long dictatorships first the somozas now Ortega a third is on its way because we nicas dont learn from history
El Salvador has quickly become the safest country in the western hemisphere and they are growing at a fast rate ! Also, you should have mentioned Belize if you’re talking about Central America . Good video
@@whophd what a coincidence that the country of Guatemala was located at the same place as the city with the same name! Instead of, say, Mexico? Goofy ahh argument. The panama canal was called the panama canal because it was, *duh*, in the country of panama. Doesn't take a genius to figure that out
@nekajuii I like how you didn't check anything there. So just wondering, did Panama exist as a country before the canal or did they start at roughly the same time?
@@niskamhsiz4022 from the most murderous country in the world, obviously el salvador still isnt perfect and ive got problems with bukele, like his authoritarianism. but i at least feel like he cares about his people.
@@niskamhsiz4022 from 30 years of corrupted comunist and liberalist parties trading with the gangs and large grounds owner deadlock the people there blocking any kind of lifestyle. A silent civil war where also US partecipated with deadly secret mission by Contras mercenaries. 6 years ago Bukele rid of any kind of shit and now is rising again . If u will visit El Salvador u realize that is the most modern country in central america by archtectures . The people is well educated but dont have the lucky to have someone to invest in its country like Costa Rica .
@danielgutierrez5927 That is false. Nearly 40% of the population speaks indigenous languages. And another 20% don't speak Spanish well. Even some mestizos talk like indigenas. The Guatemalan accent is heavily indigenous.
This is easily one of my favorite areas in the world and El Salvador doesn't get enough credit. Also Guatemala is my favorite place I've ever been. That being said I have not had enough time in Costa Rica, at least not nearly enough as I would like. Thanks for the education, love your channel 😊
As a Costa Rican I can sadly say that my country is on a downfall due to the high use of drugs, its become so dangerous because of the drug cartels, and so expensive to live here because of the american, canadian and european expats who are taking over the country.
I'm American and live in Costa Rica. Great video...but why did you leave out Guatemala? I used to live there too and it's very much apart of the region.
Egalitarian Society is roughly called Socialist in America. The concept of having a share in the society that one lives in, not simply being a peasant to be exploited for one's entire life seems to be Anathema to American Culture? Or perhaps to British culture since that is the basis for our government.
We’re on the Central Pacific Coast between Jaco and Quepos. Beautiful country. Beautiful people. We’ve had a successful property management, vacation rental company here for eight years. Even with the nuances of a foreign country it is still a better business experience than in the US. Vacation Pura Vida
Very true and interesting historical view supported by data about why Costa Rica have reached some economic, social, political and commercial issues that explain the current excellent results in some important areas of whatever developed country. However Costa Rica now have others new disadvantages and enemies to face in and out of the country that need to handle and eliminate. Costa Rica shouldn't just want or live thinking about the past results, nowadays the current government have proposed a new strategic plan for a long term to get more efficiency and excellent quality of public services in the government institutions, new opportunities to develop the new most important economic sectors (tech companies, new digital ecosystems, new public and private investment, etc) all things to reach new levels of development and opportunities for every person as a real base for modern democracy and development country.
Especially being that it is not a correct statement. While, I do get the point he is attempting to make, it reinforces all the people that do not know that Central America is just a region of North America. Someone so into geography should know better than to make such a misleading statement.
@@Schneids71 Here in Costa Rica (as well as most countries in the American continent), we are taught that the American continent is divided into 3 regions: North, Central & Caribbean, and South. We as Costa Ricans OF COURSE are not, nor feel North American, because we are not. So he is completely right. Remember how bad Statians or Gringos are known suck at Geography? Videos all over the internet of how they cant even differentiate between countries and continents. Well, theres a reason for it, its completely obvious that it is not taught well in U.S. schools. We are Central America. We even have a difference names for the region of the continent, "Centroamérica" and "América Central": the first is HISTORIC, the 5 countries of the Federal Repúblic; and the second is GEOGRAPHIC, the 5 countries, plus Belize and Panamá.
@@ras_kili You falling for those videos are exactly why you’re less educated than the Americans . People who make those videos edit it for entertainment purposes for the enjoyment of you weirdos. Meanwhile Americans aren’t hoping your fence to get in but you into theirs Only Spanish speaking countries teach like that, most of the world is taught there’s seven continents, America is not one entity, it’s North America and South America with designated regions such as the Caribbean and Central America. If you were to refer to both it’s “the Americas”. Americans are Americans, Mexicans are Mexicans, Venezuelans are Venezuelans. Nobody thinks a Guatemalan is an American you will be laughed at.
@@ras_kili True, hermano tico. Central America being part of North America doesn't make much sense, even in the geological sense: Central America is on the Caribbean Tectonic Plate, while North and South America are on their respective own plates.
lol, El Salvador is gonna surpass Costa Rica so badly soon, it’s gonna be such a funny statement to claim that Costa Rica is winning Central American 10 years from now. An actual joke lol
Not because someone looks white, it means said person is white. The majority of us Costa Rican are mestizos, no matter if our skin is lighter or more brown. I agree with Protestant and black people being a minority, though.
interesting stuff, but I couldn't get through the corporate music. I couldn't tell if I'm being told cool geography stuff or if I'm being gaslit into not joining the local union. For the love of god, please use music that is less corporate and more engaging.
To blame the cost of living on the Americans and Canadians is to completely ignore the Europeans whom, I would say, discovered CR first and invested heavily. The unaffordability and the disparity in wealth are just as common as elsewhere.
Well, I’ve been a couple of times. While it IS pretty geographically, the towns are still 3rd world. And the nice houses owned by Americans et al…have to be manned at all times because of squatters and thieves etc…and it’s dangerous because it’s o the drug “highway “ with drugs headed north from Columbia etc. Also, the streets are in-named which makes getting around hard to say the least. They DO care about wildlife tho which I love. We went with the mindset to move there one day..but I couldn’t see it…it’s too 3rd world for me!!
Costa Rica is in a downward trend. Infrastructure in Costa Rica is shamefully bad, the worst roads in Central America by far, corruption is a huge problem, cartels are taking over the country, murder rate has skyrocketed in the last decade.
I don't think it's fair to say that Costa Rica didn't take sides in the Cold War. They were firmly within the US sphere of influence, and the only reason they have been able to exist without a national military is because they have the backing of the US military, such as when the Calderonistas attempted to invade but were scared off by the Americans.
Yeah, if Costa Rica had started its civil war a decade later, we would have ended up similarly to Guatemala. The socialists were exiled just before the USA started worrying over communism in the region. The main difference between Costa Rica and the rest of countries in Central America is that we had no active war or dictatorship between the 1970s-90s, which was when the gap between both got very wide...
The logic goes like this:
In a 20th century world, the civil fights are won better by fighting with papers instead of bullets, so for internal conflicts, no single man has access to a military if there isn't one, for international conflicts, you have big ruling entities like OEA or UN that can penalize the losing side harder than bullets. And against a big enemy like russia, china or USA, a tiny military department of a country of 5 million people won't be able to protect anything anyways, and also OEA treaty protects all americas countries from foreign attackers, not just Costa Rica.
US = cancer of the world.
This is why. Costa Rica has always been favourable to the USA, and didnt elect communist leaders unlike the others.. which the CIA decided wasnt going to fly and overthrew the governments for pro-US dictatorships that basically bankrupt their countries
Ya but if your country was being taken over by some foreign power, the knowledge that they will be penalized by the international community after the fact wouldn't feel like much of a consolation.
I went to Costa Rica in January 2017. I absolutely loved it there. If I spoke Spanish and didn’t have a ton of medical issues, I’d move there tomorrow. Such a beautiful place and lovely people.
Everyone loves it on Vacation. The country sucks. I live here!
It is still a good option if you have medical issues. A lot of Americans come here to get some medical treatments since it is much cheaper than US.
@@Retler39Los ticos damos tantas cosas por hecho, nos quejamos de los salarios sin darnos cuenta que tenemos el más alto de Latinoamerica y el tercero más Alto del continente de América, el solo hecho de poder tomar agua de un tubo ya lo damos por hecho, el poder salir de noche en el pueblo, el poder sacar el teléfono en un bus, y claro que hay inseguridad, como cualquier país de primer mundo, y eso que no somos de primer mundo nosotros, pero nos quejamos de tantas cosas sin ver países como Cuba, Venezuela o Nicaragua donde no se puede ni dar una opinión públicamente porque de plano los exilian del país.
@@Retler39 And why does it stink?
@@Retler39 y sino le gusta xq no se va ?
As a Costa Rican, it is necessary to add an important element that many groups, news outlets and organizations forget to report or in some cases is not known. When Costa Rica abolished the army, one of the decisions that was taken in addition to this was to prohibit communist parties in the country from the end of the 40s to the beginning of the 80s, so during this time of revolutions in Latin America, Costa Rica was inoculated from this problem.
What you are saying and forgive me for being categorical. Costa Rica has never ever prohibited communist parties from being part of the ideological construct of our political culture. in Fact the communist party was very important in the consolidation of our democratic system as it was with the Catholic Church and the New partido Liberacion Nacional, the three leaderships that help in the design of the Second Constitution of the Republic and the Social Guaranties we enjoy today. Ever since there has always been a communist party participating in the democratic elections. The Partido Vanguardia Popular is the best example and today Frente Amplio (moderate socialist party) bringing the best deputies this century so far. I am ideologically a socialist and Costa Rica's democracy has provided a place for us to express, inspire and give our ideals for the betterment of our wonderful nation.
- The Three SecTors Than Social ReForms Trade of 1.943 Was:Republican ParTy(CalderonisTs - Social ChrisTian)The CaTolic Church,And The ComunisT ParTy Popular Vanguardy,Never This Liberacion Nacional,Them Only AFter 1.951 Year...~
Costa Rica fue aliado político estratégico de Estados Unidos en la región para ayudar con los golpes blandos de Estado a otros países americanos aquí en Costa Rica hay bases militares estadounidenses
@@diegoulate6544
You are giving incorrect information anyone can check and see that a law in the country was passed in 1949 prohibiting the creation of communist parties "it was prohibited by article 98 between 1949 and 1975". The communist rebrand the party but the impact of the same during the 50s, 60s and 70s was almost null in terms of potilical decisions. This is well know and people from those years can tell you so.
Why do you even mentioned "Frente Amplio" and best deputies; this is a socialist party that only cares about their cronies in fact they currently support regimes from Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela and others in Latin America.
I do believe we need a socialist party in order to show the population the wrongs of socialism ideas and politics that have destroy many other countries in LATAM.
@@diegoulate6544 Wrong "Article 98 of the Costa Rican Constitution is the article that regulates the free association of citizens in political parties. The Costa Rican Communist Party was banned by Article 98 between 1949 and 1975."
Also this political party Frente Amplio is full of socialist cronies and support many of the anti-democratic regimes in Latina America like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Saying they have the best deputies is a disservice to our country. But I do respect their position in the national assembly because its important to have open conversation with extreme movements in order to understand their failures, lies and push back against their agendas.
As a Costa Rican, I understand not putting Belize and Panama, but Guatemala is part of the 5 Central American siblings. Weird not being included.
Guatemala surpasses Costa Rica in several aspects, that is why they did not add it
I wonder if because it's the Maya sphere of influence, Mexico having the other half. (and Honduras having tiny Copan)
Central America tends to mean "not in the Mesoamerican culture before that Italian guy"
@@JordyJ. just population. Costa Rica and Panama are the best countries in Central America.
@@sziter1815 Guatemala has more natural resources, more monetary reserves, less debt and is the largest economy in Central America.
@@JordyJ. True, but its GDP per capita is rather similar to its neighbors in CA. Its just very populated, with 17 million people, 3 times the population plus twice the land that CR has, yet its GDP is rather on par with it. It has a lot of potential, but its still much behind in terms of economic diversification and access to basic services...
Panama is also a success if you call Costa Rica a success.
@@tombeegeeeye5765 South America
@@peterpride8147 Panama is not in south america?
@@DanBz13both are central america actualy.
Panama and Costa Rica 🤝🇨🇷🇵🇦
Panama is Central America and very much a success
You cant believe this??? El Salvador is the safest country right now in north and south American.
Também ao lado de Argentina, El Salvador recebe muito investimento estrangeiro.
@@PlinioLisboa when hopes are high investment is common
that is recently though, El Salvador historically has been a mess.
@@anonymoustv5770así es, por décadas, ha tenido muy mala reputación.
That is only partly true, El Salvador is now the safest country in the area for anyone who is not a criminal, but it lacks democratic stability; Now on the other hand, what does El Salvador need Democracy for? What El Salvador needs is what El Salvador already has, his name is Nayit Bukele and I hope it lasts forever. Costa Rica has the problems of any democracy, even the bad guys have rights and we are obliged to respect them.🇨🇷🕊

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Eso es cierto solo en parte, El Salvador ahora es el país más seguro que existe en el área para quien no sea delincuente, pero carece de estabilidad democrática; ahora por otro lado, para que necesita El Salvador Democracia, lo que necesita El Salvador ya lo tiene se llama Nayit Bukele y ojalá les dure para siempre. Costa Rica tiene los problemas de toda democracia, hasta los tipos malos tienen derechos y estamos obligados a respetarlos.🇨🇷🕊
American ex-pats (Quakers who left America during the Korean War for a country with no standing army) in Monteverde planted the seed of eco-tourism in Costa Rica that has spread to other countries around the world. Costa Rica's President was quick to open other parks when he observed the influx of tourists to Monteverde.
Yep! Quakers gave Costa Rica a great gift and we will forever be thankful!
Iran - contra was mentioned here, which can't be over stated how much death it lead to. In Guatemala, look up the banana wars. American cooperations owned like 90% of the land. When locals fought back over there repression America again funded nationals leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths.
It's just necessary to understand the usa's history in this region of the world to understand why it is the way it today. We still have sanctions that harm locals. Locals have no idea why they are being targeted at this point.
Exactly
You CANNOT say El Salvador failed
It has no civil war currently or for a long time, and it is one of the safest countries now with the new president
It used to be terrible but now it's great
bro it was majorly fucked up until a few years ago. one of the worst of latin America let alone central America. however, the recent reforms have been incredible for them
Luckily it is turning into a success story, but it used to be a total mess not so long ago. It still has plenty of problems, but at least they have solved a very crucial one regarding security.
Hear, hear. Bukele is a genius
Bukele may have solved the security problem but to the expense of many liberties of the salvadorean people. A lot of them openly express their discontent with his policies and currently he is being investigated for having struck deals with the gangs while he was a governor. The country's reserves were used to purchase huge amounts of cryptocurrencies and many believe that money disappeared. Let's just hope for the future of El Salvador and it's people.
I think in order to be considered as a steady country, it must show that for many decades in a row. El Salvador is on track to get it, but they still need to overcome the test of time.
Never been to Costa Rica before but I heard it's supposed to be a gorgeous place! I'd love to visit someday.
It is food is good women hot.
Consider a visit. It is indeed a gorgeous place, especially in the countryside with the mountains and beaches and forests.
@@mejsjalv I think our family is considering going there for winter 2025.
If you come, I'd recomend you to visit San Carlos area, going via Río Cuarto, and then go to Bajos del Toro...just make sure to rent a 4X4 vehicle, while lots of things are good here, streets are in the top 80 worst countries' streets in the whole world.
@@WillMellquist i saw another comment already mention san carlos which is the arenal volcano area and also mentions bajos del toro which is a place with lots of waterfalls is incredible one of the most underrated places in costa rica but you will have to be kinda of fit i mean not that much but you know is more adventurous but the is crazy the ammount of watterfalls that are there, not many people go there. i plan to go but i know what im getting into . so if you want adventure bajos del toro is one the best places to go ..
Went to La Fortuna last year and it was amazing. Gorgeous place and everyone is very nice. Although there's a lot of expats doing airbnbs there which makes me fear for its future in terms of wealth disparity
Future?
Wealth disparity has been in full force for decades by now, and now expats are pushing locals to living like rats with 3 generations living in the same run down house while foreigners buy all the houses.
Source: born, raised and living in Costa Rica.
Your knowledge on El Salvador is really not up to date for this video. In 2024 El Salvador got over 5 millions visitors and they are living since the last 5 years (Bukele's presidency) a social economic revolution. Also why wasn't Guatemala & Panama not even included in this video. They are all part of Central American integrated Economy (SICA).
In addition Costa Rica had recovered their forest cover from 80s, thereby having it the double at today than 80s. Moreover, Costa Rica produces +95% of their energy from renewable sources.
El Salvador on the rise though 👀🇸🇻
Also many in Panama consider themselves Central American alongside Guatemala and Belize as well. Seems these examples were nitpicked a little
Guatemala is a semi stable country, but it still suffers from the same economic challenges than its neighbors.
Belize had a very different upbringing, being a Brittish colony, and only recently became independant...
Panama is the only country in Central America to challenge CR in GDP, but this is because the USA made sure that Panama was stable due to their interest in the canal (search up Noriega); which nowadays is a huge moneymaker for Panama
That's just propaganda.
The richest and strongest country in Central America and the Caribbean is the Dominican Republic
Exactamente (lo digo como tico)
El Salvador is looking really good!!!
As a Costa Rican, Im very happy to see my country being mentioned in a video :D
@@I_am_somebody_1234 Costa Rica is a catholic country??
@@cru756 Any problem with that?
@@cru756 Yes
Como salvadoreño mucho éxito para Costa Rica aunque puedo opinar lo q pienso sobre Costa Rica le deseo q sigan creciendo más de lo q an logrado también nosotros lo aremos bendiciones al pueblo de Costa Rica 🇨🇷🇸🇻
Now that I think about it, I don't recall ever hearing of any Costa Ricans in the construction field I work in.
A theory I read was that Costa Rico inheritance was divided among each son, not just the oldest. That resulted in many small land holders, rather than concentration of wealth that fosters competition, violence, revolts, and revolution. That was the case even in the 19th Century, well before many of the reasons stated (ie: Cold War).
Don't that leave succeeding generations poorer? I guess all these countries are just more massive than mine. The state of disrepair of the terraces here in the Philippines is blamed on forcing equal inheritance on the natives of the area, where before only the eldest inherit the land. The plots got small to the point that many are reduced to subsistence farming and understandably, younger generations just moved to the city.
Muchas gracias por expresarse tan bien de mi país. Tratamos dia a dia de trabajar muy duro, siguiendo una parte de lo que dice nuestro himno nacional, el cual dice "vivan siempre el trabajo y la paz"
As a Black Salvi, I can say that El Salvador is becoming more wealthy and richer day by day. Our new president Nayib Bukele has help our country to a great extent.
@@RayBrown-m1j Si, en general el Salvador está llegando a niveles de avance muy positivos, pero todavía falta bastante para que llegue a un nivel de desarrollo similar a Panamá o Costa Rica, ya que el salvador estuvo muchísimos años envuelto bajo presidentes corruptos y mucha violencia.
I lived in Nicaragua for about 2 years roughly 20 years ago. I had a job I absolutely hated in the US prior to that time and wanted to experience something different and got the opportunity to go to Nicaragua and check it out and see if I wanted to live there so I took it. And several months later I was living there. I wanted something different and boy did I ever get that, which was great at first but got old after a while.
Foreign investors started to come to the conclusion ( back in the 1990s) that Nicaragua would be the next Costa Rica and by the late 90s the idea was "you need to get in now, get in early, if you really want to prosper in Nicaragua. That is what lead me down there. My primary job was helping American and other foreign investors oversee their business interests down there.
Nicaragua has SO MUCH unrealized potential but unfortunately I believe it may very well be a potential that will most likely never be taken advantage of.
There is a rivalry between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Many Nicas see Costa Ricans as a bunch of uppity spoiled rich people that look down on them. But, it became pretty obvious to me that it is as simple as Costa Rica has it's shit together where as Nicaragua does not. Nicaragua "progress" can be described as very much a 3 steps forward, two steps back form of "progress" at best. They just can't seem to get out of their own way, and it is exceedingly frustrating for an investor.
Truth be told Nicaragua is a 3rd World country where the vast majority of that nation's wealth is in the hands of a very small exclusive minority. The system, as is works for those wealthy elites in Nicaragua who have the majority of the political and financial power of that country. They do not want to rock the boat because keeping the status quo is what is in their best interests.
The elites are extremely wealthy, they benefit from keeping the elites wealthy and powerful while keeping the vast majority of Nicaragua's population in poverty. Nicaragua is a very class-based system where the elites live like kings and queens and treat the poor like sub human garbage, whose entire purpose in life is to cater to the elites. Why would these elites want to change the status quo? It works pretty well for them and the majority of those living in poverty wouldn't know any other way.
One of the distinguishing features of Costa Rica was left out - its demographic history. This is an understandable omission in today’s woke, politically correct world plus TH-cam’s Stasi-style content censorship, but it very possibly has something to do with the nation’s position vis-à-vis the rest of the region. In particular it had a small indigenous population before the Spanish arrived and they were victims of the disease and other conditions the colonization process entailed. This resulted in a demographic that is far larger in its European influence, with Spanish overwhelmingly represented but including Italians, Germans, and Irish. One need not conclude racialist theory to think that perhaps western civilization was more distinctly pursued in the country and was a factor that has led to its stability, in particular respect for the rule of law.
I do think it merits at least being mentioned, even though facts often pushed aside when inconvenient to pop ideology.
Geoff , I like your videos, but you left out PANAMA, BELIZE, and GUATEMALA
From La Ceiba Honduras I just want to say I like your video. Foreign intervention during the 60s 70s and 80s really hinder the country's growth. Being dependent from the US didnt help either.
Progress is slow and sometimes it feels like we take one step forward two steps back.
Natural disasters are also a problem in Honduras. Hurricanes Fifi, Mitch, Eta, Iota and tropical storm Sara devastate Honduras Economy.
Lastly Its a little bit weird not seeing Guatemala. The five countries have always been together. XD My country's flag has 5 stars representing the five original central american nations. Our history and culture its interwined.
Comparing El Salvador vs. Costa Rica is like comparing Zimbabwe vs. Botswana. In both cases the former was ruled by a small, wealthy class of settlers which contributed to high inequality and power struggles after independence. In both cases the latter was considered a backwater, but the lack of colonial exploitation and resource mismanagement led to a more equal, prosperous society.
Do one on why there are no roads or bridges going from Panama to South America/Colombia. You should have plenty to talk about for that!
Same reason as there isn't a Scottish colony in Darien, I imagine
There is already one by RealLifeLore. All these sights are amazing
Land too marshy.
My wife and I have lived in Jinotepe, Carazo Nicaragua for the past 3 years! This is a hidden gem! Housing costs, food costs, water , cable costs are at least 50 to 60 % lower than Canada or the US
Hahaha mr. Let's make a bet: go out 8s. at this very moment on the street, you in Jinotepe and me in Cartago, Costa Rica and shout "THIS GOVERNMENT IS OPPRESSIVE AND IT'S DISGUSTING, LET'S CHANGE IT." I guarantee you that I can do it every day and even on television, radio, Internet, etc., and continue living my life as if nothing had happened. The question here is what would happen to you, your family, your assets the day after you scream in the street?
Jajaja mr. Hagamos una apuesta: salga 8s.en este mismo momento a la calle, usted en Jinotepe y yo en Cartago, Costa Rica y gritemos "ESTE GOBIERNO ES OPRESIVO Y ES UN ASCO CAMBIEMOSLO".
Le garantizo que pyo puedo hacerlo todos los días y hasta en televisión, radio, Internet etc, y seguir viviendo mi vida como si nada. La pregunta aquí es ¿que pasaría con usted, su familia, sus bienes al día siguiente de que usted grite en la calle?🇨🇷🕊😅
This guy who did this doesn't have anything else to talk about Costa Rica is going down El Salvador is going up
@@vicentegarcia8 😎😎😎🇸🇻
en hora buena hermano ,, de veras muchas bendiciones para el pueblo del salvador he conocido muchos salvadore;os y de verdad que son gente super amable , les deseo lo mejor .
It’s amazing place to visit. I went high school to Sarapiqui Costa Rica. Pura Vida
EL SALVADOR hasn’t fail, by history yes, there was problems and a dark past, but this country if moving forward to a very prosperous future. Just give it some time and it’ll become a nation with the most wealth in the region. Is just a matter of time”.. MARK THIS DOWN”👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
@@FranciscoRodriguez-ed6qr Still not yet, plenty of years are needed for it to to become a "ok" country. Just because security is better and THE REST of indicators are still THE SAME, keeps it as a 3rd World Country.
@ Without a doubt;… there has been a significant change in only 2…3 years on Salvadoran soil, and yes; it takes time nobody is arguing about that, but to just come out and put on the seal of FAILED on a nation that ( weather you like it or not)”. Is thriving on a lot of positive things as we speak, is like simply ignoring the good that is happening there. For your information Costa Rica is not doing so well currently. ( not bad mouthing the country though)” is just not the very peaceful… prosperous country that it used to be.
Excellent and very informative presentation, Geoff!
Best wishes from Canada !
👍😊
Because they always had the support of the tourist from all over the world and El Salvador did not have tourists for a long long time because of wars and gangs problems it's been like that for decades but now thank God everything is changing for good
Why would you label El Salvador with the failed countries when the country has been completely transformed in four years?
I think Costa Rica, El Salvador ,Panama would be considered 2nd world countries nowadays . The Dominican Republic has tourism.but still there is much poverty . If the DR is so rich why not tackle poverty ? Honduras has lots of potencial for ecotourism .As Costa Rica becomes saturated ,and expensive;Honduras could pick up on this .
Completely transformed is a little exaggerated
What changed was the crime rate. Everything else is the same, bad.
@@Cronkna Cause jailing a bunch of people doesn’t mean he has fixed the economy. Which is mostly a distraction from his dubious business with state owned enterprises.
@@alkimical00001 you have a very good point here .
Belize Guatemala and Panama aren’t Central American ?
Yeah, thought the same. Talk about making videos without knowing your own material.
Belize and Panama sometimes arent considered part of CA since they werent part of the same colony. Panama was part of Colombia while Belize was a colony of the UK
I truly dont understand why he left Guatemala tho. That indeed confuses me
Guatemala is an indigenous country. They speak Kiche, Kaqchikel, keqchi etc etc. They are not like the rest of central america.
@@LuisRamirez-vv4dk That's true, but only a percentage. More than half in Guatemala speak Spanish and are mestizo.
@pelaoperez9874 Genetic studies show guatemala has the least European DNA in the America's. that the actual mestizo population is only around 20 to 30%.
The costa rica government need to start heavily regulated the expat problem (US and Canadian immigrants) and change the laws so they can't buy land
Mae por ahí no es el problema. EL Estado es el problema. El alto costo de vida es por culpa del gobierno y su gasto desmedido, altísima carga regulatoria/burrocrática e impuestos altos.
Ni los gringos ni los canadienses que se vienen a vivir aquí son la causa raíz del problema.
@@JosePablo2008 pero no se puede negar que la gentrificación ha creado muchos problemas también
@@JosePablo2008 Dos cosas pueden ser ciertas al mismo tiempo.
El gobierno que nos mete impuestos hasta por respirar, y los gringos, canadienses y europeos haciendo que se disparen los precios de todo, especialmente ahora que se vienen a trabajar en remoto y ganan 5 veces mas que los locales pagando nada de impuestos mientras los que estamos aqui nos peleamos para recibir un centimo del extranjero sin que el gobierno nos rompa el culo.
La bronca de CR es que debido a nuestro sello verde la regulación de construcción es bastante pesada (excepto si se tiene dinero pa comprar a la muni ) entonces al haber menos oferta que demanda pues los precios suben, además tomando en cuenta que aunque la población está distribuida hasta cierto punto más que en otros países el GAM está saturado y hay viviendas fuera del GAM súper baratas que nadie quiere comprar, hace años ningún tico quería comprar propiedades en la playa porque no había trabajo y era barato comprar terrenos ahí, pero ahora que es un súper destino y las playas se han llenado de gente adinerada extranjera obvio los precios han subido muchísimo. El problema no es tan sencillo como decir el malo es este o aquel
Foreigners can buy land? I thought it was common for ex colonial possessions to have protectionist laws to favor natives. Like here in the Philippines foreigners cannot own land and businesses must be at least 60% owned by Filipinos.
Ah American interference in Central America. We really can't mind our own business huh?
The United States is a federal corporation per 28 USC § 3002 15(a).
The Panama Canal would not exist without input from the USA. Panama was part of Colombia and Colombia would not allow the canal to be built.
Maybe if the US wasn't destabilizing its neighborhood, it wouldn't be having all those border issues. I guess they at least got a hint and now investing in Mexico as an alternative factory to China. Should have done it sooner.
This is why many Americans have retired to Costa Rica.
It's inexpensive but stable and warm.
@@tudorjason
Inexpensive ?
Yes, for $ millionaires
@@Herzankerkreuz67 It’s not as cheap as other places in Latin America but it’s certainly much cheaper than anywhere in the states. Might be a skill issue
No it’s not. I live here. It’s just as expensive as the US!
@ZEFFENWULF
Interesting you make such a statement. Whereas I hear from American tourists that groceries in Costa Rica are at least as expensive as in the US.
With the exception of grocery prices in the capital, there they're cheaper.
But in any of the tourist areas, they're more expensive.
Might be a knowledge issue ?
@ No. Costa Rica markets itself falsely to the world. I’ve been here for a few years. I’m 42 and retired. I am good on money for the rest of my life. I live frugal and organic. What does that tell ya?
Im glad my country gets analized with a geographical perspective, both physical and human, nice video, mae!
Update El Slavador
na, you don't know what you're talking about, I know all those countries and the best is El Salvador, at least currently, your video would have made sense a couple of years ago haha
Costa Rica Pura Vida. ¡Un orgullo que hablen de nuestro país!! 🇨🇷 🎉
No it’s not at all!
Narco country
What a great to explain our history! Geof did the job!!!
I would love to Visit El Salvador one day, my dad was born there so Iam half. Especially now since the crime rate has gone down. I have been to Costa Rica though that country is beautiful I've been to Jaco Beach it was one of the best trips of my life.
PURA VIDA
I'm also half because of my mom
Some people complain too much here in CR. But when you see how most of the countries in the continent are doing....
There is a reason the emigration rate here is low, an immigration is somewhat significant, especially from Nicaragua and Venezuela
My online friend lives in Costa Rica. Also, Today's my birthday!
Happy birthday!!
Good video, but I did find it odd you didn't have anything to say about Panama, Considering its part of Central America and also borders Costa Rica.
Wild that this popped up. I am at the San Jose Airport in Costa Rica right now waiting for a flight to the US. And I don't search a lot of Costa Rica content so the algorithm shouldn't have me on this one.
I've always thought that Belize was similar to the prosperity to Costa Rica? Lookin' forward to visiting these two places.
Belize is on par with the rest of Central america.
It's not ,I have been to all central American countries and it's better off than most countries except Costa Rica and Panama.
We are doing fine. What you say is inaccurate and it has to do with corruption. We have fixed that.
If there is a possibility to meet with you in person here in Costa Rica, it would be fantastic!
You'll need to come to Canada!
😂😂
Costa Rica is just a wonderful place. My son's mother is Miskito, family from Barra del Colorado.
@@theofficialken1755 miskitos are from Nicaragua, not Costa Rica
@@adrianseguras.9659 Miskitos are from Honduras as well.
This video is so misleading. Panama🇵🇦 and El salvador 🇸🇻 are not highly impoverished countries like Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
El Salvador 🇸🇻 is already improving.
Guatemala is the largest economy
@@JordyJ. True, but its GDP per capita is rather similar to its neighbors in CA. Its just very populated, with 17 million people, 3 times the population plus twice the land that CR has, yet its GDP is rather on par with it. It has a lot of potential, but its still much behind in terms of economic diversification and access to basic services...
El Salvador has a lot of potential now that their main concern (security) is mostly covered. Panama wasnt even mentioned in the video XDDDD
i like how right after he goes there, he makes this video
Country looks very nice when you stick to tourist trails, it's when you go where the bulk of the population that the country rears it's ugly head of widespread poverty.
@@somerandom2858 ye
Another Amazing Upload by the Legend Himself 🔥🔥
But Central America DOESN'T connect N & S America because the Darien (jungle) Gap in Panamá is the only "gap" in the PanAmerican highway
The combination of polar vortex shifts, blocking patterns, and merging storms shows how powerful and unpredictable nature can be. It’s not just weather
anyone who has been to costa rica know the vast amount of folks are not rich.
You can say that about every country on Earth. The question is what does poverty look like. It looks a lot better in some countries than others.
Perhaps. I was there for 10 days and the people were very friendly and happy. The women are gorgeous. 😊
@@chrispaulus4491 they are very friendly by culture and because u are a tourist . but a lot of them are liars and not relible. Try to contract a mechanic .
Great video. Thanks!
Great video You thought me some more stuff🎉🎉🎉🎉
Very good!
Thank you
Can you do one on how the Dominican Republic is winning the Caribbean?
I don't think the Dominican Republic is winning the Caribbean. Yes they have the largest GDP but that's because they have the largest population after Haiti. But on a GDP per capita the DR is near the bottom of the list. Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda, etc have WAAAY larger GDP per capital. DR has a GDP per capital of $10k while the Bahamas have $35k. Barbados $22k, Trinidad $20k, etc. plus I feel in those other countries the wealth is more evenly spread out. While in the DR only a few communities are extremely well off and the rest of the country is doing terrible. The DR has a lot of work to do and the wealth inequality is something that needs to be worked on asap
@@Dracula926 St. Barth is winning the Caribbean.
A Costa Rica video after u visit tortoguero national park in Costa Rica Nice👍
I hope the world learns how to care about the planet environment ❤
Why did he leave out Panama from this discussion?
Because historically Panama wasn't part of Central America but Gran Colombia up until its independence in 1903. Nowadays, some central Americans consider Panama part of CA, however, some of us do not. :/
Central America is not the same as America of the center. The first one only include Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica; the second one includes both Panamá and Belize
@@ZwRkErDaQue ignorante de la historia.
@@JosePablo2008Dios mío tanta falta de coeficiente en un mensaje, pena ajena das.
To get comments that boost the video in the algorithm
I know someone that just returned from their sixth trip to Costa Rica. I don’t think he likes it very much. Ha!
Can you do a video on Guatemala?? 🇬🇹
How did you make the sound tracks in all those different languages??? 😂
El Salvador has a much lower murder rate.
The downfall of Nicaragua was its fascination with long dictatorships first the somozas now Ortega a third is on its way because we nicas dont learn from history
El Salvador has quickly become the safest country in the western hemisphere and they are growing at a fast rate ! Also, you should have mentioned Belize if you’re talking about Central America . Good video
2:35 what a coincidence that the country of Panama was located at the same place as the canal with the same name! Instead of, say, Columbia?
@@whophd what a coincidence that the country of Guatemala was located at the same place as the city with the same name! Instead of, say, Mexico?
Goofy ahh argument. The panama canal was called the panama canal because it was, *duh*, in the country of panama. Doesn't take a genius to figure that out
@nekajuii I like how you didn't check anything there. So just wondering, did Panama exist as a country before the canal or did they start at roughly the same time?
Why was Guatemala not included?
el salvador isnt failing..... bukele has brought it back
Back from what?
@@niskamhsiz4022 from the most murderous country in the world, obviously el salvador still isnt perfect and ive got problems with bukele, like his authoritarianism. but i at least feel like he cares about his people.
@@niskamhsiz4022 from 30 years of corrupted comunist and liberalist parties trading with the gangs and large grounds owner deadlock the people there blocking any kind of lifestyle. A silent civil war where also US partecipated with deadly secret mission by Contras mercenaries. 6 years ago Bukele rid of any kind of shit and now is rising again . If u will visit El Salvador u realize that is the most modern country in central america by archtectures . The people is well educated but dont have the lucky to have someone to invest in its country like Costa Rica .
Costa Rica has gotten too pricey. ..especially since the B&B boom/ work from home /Pandemic era. Time to move to other frontiers...
Why didn't you include Guatemala?
Because Guatemala is indigenous and has more in common with oaxaca mexico
@LuisRamirez-vv4dk in Spanish-speaking Guatemala. Only a small percentage speak indigenous languages
@danielgutierrez5927 That is false. Nearly 40% of the population speaks indigenous languages. And another 20% don't speak Spanish well. Even some mestizos talk like indigenas. The Guatemalan accent is heavily indigenous.
@danielgutierrez5927 False. About half the population speaks indigenous languages. Many people that do speak Spanish don't speak it well.
This is easily one of my favorite areas in the world and El Salvador doesn't get enough credit. Also Guatemala is my favorite place I've ever been. That being said I have not had enough time in Costa Rica, at least not nearly enough as I would like. Thanks for the education, love your channel 😊
La Fortuna waterfall is the closest thing I’ve ever experienced to heaven.
As a Costa Rican I can sadly say that my country is on a downfall due to the high use of drugs, its become so dangerous because of the drug cartels, and so expensive to live here because of the american, canadian and european expats who are taking over the country.
You are the first one who wrote the truth.
I'm American and live in Costa Rica. Great video...but why did you leave out Guatemala? I used to live there too and it's very much apart of the region.
9:32 "...this can't be overstated enough..."
It's funny how every socialist government fails..... because the USA overthrows that government
Egalitarian Society is roughly called Socialist in America. The concept of having a share in the society that one lives in, not simply being a peasant to be exploited for one's entire life seems to be Anathema to American Culture? Or perhaps to British culture since that is the basis for our government.
This guy doesn’t know wtf he is talking about El Salvador is literally on the rise and is the safest out of all the countries in Central America
Home prices are 1/4 what they are hearing California. I was looking at houses there last night. Thinking of moving there.
13:58 Honduras has about 11 million inhabitants not 9
We’re on the Central Pacific Coast between Jaco and Quepos. Beautiful country. Beautiful people. We’ve had a successful property management, vacation rental company here for eight years. Even with the nuances of a foreign country it is still a better business experience than in the US. Vacation Pura Vida
Very true and interesting historical view supported by data about why Costa Rica have reached some economic, social, political and commercial issues that explain the current excellent results in some important areas of whatever developed country. However Costa Rica now have others new disadvantages and enemies to face in and out of the country that need to handle and eliminate. Costa Rica shouldn't just want or live thinking about the past results, nowadays the current government have proposed a new strategic plan for a long term to get more efficiency and excellent quality of public services in the government institutions, new opportunities to develop the new most important economic sectors (tech companies, new digital ecosystems, new public and private investment, etc) all things to reach new levels of development and opportunities for every person as a real base for modern democracy and development country.
So Central America isn't North America or South America. That's some pretty hard-hitting journalism
Especially being that it is not a correct statement. While, I do get the point he is attempting to make, it reinforces all the people that do not know that Central America is just a region of North America. Someone so into geography should know better than to make such a misleading statement.
@@Schneids71 Here in Costa Rica (as well as most countries in the American continent), we are taught that the American continent is divided into 3 regions: North, Central & Caribbean, and South. We as Costa Ricans OF COURSE are not, nor feel North American, because we are not. So he is completely right. Remember how bad Statians or Gringos are known suck at Geography? Videos all over the internet of how they cant even differentiate between countries and continents. Well, theres a reason for it, its completely obvious that it is not taught well in U.S. schools. We are Central America. We even have a difference names for the region of the continent, "Centroamérica" and "América Central": the first is HISTORIC, the 5 countries of the Federal Repúblic; and the second is GEOGRAPHIC, the 5 countries, plus Belize and Panamá.
@@Schneids71Central America is part of "AMERICA"
@@ras_kili You falling for those videos are exactly why you’re less educated than the Americans . People who make those videos edit it for entertainment purposes for the enjoyment of you weirdos. Meanwhile Americans aren’t hoping your fence to get in but you into theirs
Only Spanish speaking countries teach like that, most of the world is taught there’s seven continents, America is not one entity, it’s North America and South America with designated regions such as the Caribbean and Central America. If you were to refer to both it’s “the Americas”. Americans are Americans, Mexicans are Mexicans, Venezuelans are Venezuelans. Nobody thinks a Guatemalan is an American you will be laughed at.
@@ras_kili True, hermano tico. Central America being part of North America doesn't make much sense, even in the geological sense: Central America is on the Caribbean Tectonic Plate, while North and South America are on their respective own plates.
El Salvador and Honduras once fought a war over soccer (NOT North American) football.
lol, El Salvador is gonna surpass Costa Rica so badly soon, it’s gonna be such a funny statement to claim that Costa Rica is winning Central American 10 years from now. An actual joke lol
Ni lo sueñe..El.Salvador nunca sobrepasará a Costa Rica.
I came from a Sam O'Nella video on Banana Republics
A republic where only the bananas get to vote? What will they think of next?
Costa Rica is about half white, a quarter Protestant and only 1% black. Funny that you left all of that out.
Not because someone looks white, it means said person is white. The majority of us Costa Rican are mestizos, no matter if our skin is lighter or more brown. I agree with Protestant and black people being a minority, though.
Guatemala is like 90% indigenous
interesting stuff, but I couldn't get through the corporate music. I couldn't tell if I'm being told cool geography stuff or if I'm being gaslit into not joining the local union.
For the love of god, please use music that is less corporate and more engaging.
This guy is full of lies . I live in Panama, and nothing he says is true.
To blame the cost of living on the Americans and Canadians is to completely ignore the Europeans whom, I would say, discovered CR first and invested heavily. The unaffordability and the disparity in wealth are just as common as elsewhere.
Well, I’ve been a couple of times. While it IS pretty geographically, the towns are still 3rd world. And the nice houses owned by Americans et al…have to be manned at all times because of squatters and thieves etc…and it’s dangerous because it’s o the drug “highway “ with drugs headed north from Columbia etc. Also, the streets are in-named which makes getting around hard to say the least. They DO care about wildlife tho which I love. We went with the mindset to move there one day..but I couldn’t see it…it’s too 3rd world for me!!
Costa Rica is in a downward trend. Infrastructure in Costa Rica is shamefully bad, the worst roads in Central America by far, corruption is a huge problem, cartels are taking over the country, murder rate has skyrocketed in the last decade.
Get the news buddy. I dont think youve been catching up with Costa Rican affairs in the last 3 years in particular.
Yay sí, todo por CULPA de los gobiernos PASADOS del PLN, PAC Y PUSC que NUNCA han hecho nada, sólo ROBAR y ROBAR descaradamente al pueblo.
odd to not include the rest of central america… also, all of central america is in north america, as is the caribbean
Long answer: Geoff's yapping
Short answer: US intervention, or a lack thereof
Shorter answer: .... [where Ortega's name would be]
Not Geoff's finest moment.
I hope someday you talk about Belize geography