Democratic_Success_Of_Costa_Rica

Democratic Success Of Costa Rica How the democratic success of Costa Rica can be accredited back to colonial times Boasting with confidence, Costa Rica has been known to be one of the most democratic and wealthiest Latin American countries. How could a small country with little resources achieve such a claim' Colonized by the Spaniards, Costa Rica was mistaken to be rich in gold and largely populated by Indians. Lacking the focal point for exploitation of economic resources, many Spanish settlers either moved on to Peru or Mexico in hopes for riches or were driven away by the indigenous peoples. This led to the small number of immigrants who settled in Costa Rica. As a result of the many attempts and failures of colonization, Costa Rica experienced little influence as a colony. Due to this lack of imperial control, Costa Ricans can accredit their successful democratic traditions to the colonial times in which Spanish settlers learned to practice independent subsistence which contributed to the development of a classless democracy. When what is now known as Costa Rica was discovered by the Spaniards, they found the land to be inhabited by several sovereign tribes. Christopher Columbus was the first to arrive costa, rica, american, through, spanish, first, democratic, democracy, country, coffee, central, ricans, power, one, independence, time, small, settlers, land, jose, government, few, early, colonial, baker, after, achieve, able, 2003, women, very, tribes, towards, took, together