1. Conservationist murders threaten Costa Rica's eco-friendly reputation
   Resource Type: Article
   First Published: 2015
   The murder of Jairo Mora, who was trying to protect endangered turtle eggs, was the latest in a string of crimes against environmentalists in the country. Many worry activists will stay away if poachers continue to go unpunished.
2. Costa Rican Farmers Become Climate Change Acrobats
   Resource Type: Article
   First Published: 2014
   José Alberto Chacón traverses the winding path across his small farm on the slopes of the Irazú volcano, in Costa Rica, which meanders because he has designed it to prevent rain from washing away nutrients from the soil.
3. The Culture of Terrorism
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 1988
   Chomsky argues that the United States elites are dedicated to the rule of force, and that their commitment to violence and lawlessness has to be masked by an ideological system which attempts to control and limit the domestic damage done when the mask occasionally slips.
4. Embassy Row Online
   Resource Type: Website
   Contact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad.
5. Forests and Crops Make Friendly Neighbors in Costa Rica
   Resource Type: Article
   First Published: 2016
   The ways to better agricultural development is to promote co-existence of farming and forestry, and encourage farmers to be productive and competitive.
6. The History of Costa Rica
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 1998   Published: 2007
   An overview of Costa Rican history with an emphasis on how Costa Ricans have been able to make their own history, "though they do not make it just as they choose."
7. I Found My Voice in Spanish, a Language Once Used to Subjugate My Ancestors
   Resource Type: Article
   First Published: 2016
   Author Shirley Campbell explains how her Afro-Caribbean parents decided not to speak to her and her siblings in English, perhaps as an attempt to give them one less reason to be different in Spanish-speaking Costa Rica.
8. Killing Hope 
   U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
   Resource Type: Book
   First Published: 2008
   Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Chile, Cuba, Vietnam, to name a few), and for those who want to learn about lesser-known efforts (France, China, Bolivia, Brazil, for example), this book provides a window on what U.S. foreign policy goals really are. "If you flip over the rock of American foreign policy of the past century, this is what crawls out… invasions … bombings … overthrowing governments … occupations … suppressing movements for social change … assassinating political leaders … perverting elections … manipulating labor unions … manufacturing “news” … death squads … torture … biological warfare … depleted uranium … drug trafficking … mercenaries … It’s not a pretty picture. It’s enough to give imperialism a bad name."
9. Living the Spanish Language as the Descendant of Afro-Caribbean Migrants in Costa Rica
   Resource Type: Article
   First Published: 2016
   Several generations of the black population have been forced to fight in order to conserve the language they brought with them, and with it all of their accumulated history, wisdom, and identity. They struggle against the rejection of the mestizo majority as well as the governments in office, who have for years denied them Costa Rican nationality, despite being born in the country.
10. Necessary Illusions 
    Thought Control in Democratic Societies
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1989   Published: 1991
    An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control."
11. Overthrowing other people's governments: The Master List 
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2013
    Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War.
12. Solar heat - transforming rural enterprises around the tropics
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2015
    Solar energy is not just about electricity. It's also about heat - and three innovative projects highlighted by the Ashden Awards are showing how solar heat can dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of food processing and farming, while helping agricultural businesses increase profits.

Experts on Costa Rica in the Sources Directory

1. Association of Caribbean States
2. Latin American Economic System
3. Latin American Parliament
4. Organization of American States
5. United Nations