It doesn’t get any better than this – Why Costa Rica is such a happy and successful country and why has it become a model country for the rest of the developing world.

Good morning. I hope everyone is safe and healthy.  I have been overwhelmed with the hundreds of emails and phone calls from so many around the globe, who are determined to make Costa Rica their home as soon as these challenging times are over.

Costa Rica NO ARMY SINCE 1948.

Our incredible little country of Costa Rica has no army. In 1948, the Defense Minister, Edgar Cardona, proposed the idea, so that more could be spent on education and health care. Jose Figueres, the provisional President at the time, took it to the constitutional assembly, and it was passed.

“We will build an army of Doctors and Teachers.”