a republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America

drive through a (somewhat safe) portion of a third world country like mexico or costa rica to gain perspective on what true poverty looks like.

驱车（在安全的情况下）去一些象墨西哥或者哥斯达黎加这样的第三世界国家获取对真正贫穷的认知。

jack is going to summarize his proposal for the move to costa rica and hopes to get a final recommendation on the outsourcing project to present to the board.

杰克要对提议将总部搬到哥斯达黎加的提议进行总结，并希望在「将现在的外包项目给国外来做」方面得到一些最终的建议。

only 6% of world output is of top quality, but in costa rica and guatemala the figure rises to 60%, says mr torrebiarte.

托莱比阿尔特说，全球咖啡总产量中高品质咖啡仅占6％，其中哥斯达黎加和危地马拉就占60%。

one 12-year-old boy searching for information about costa rica used the search term 「sweaty clothes」 because that was what he associated with the jungle.

一个12岁的男孩为了得到关于哥斯达黎加的信息而用搜素引擎中检索「潮湿的衣服」，因为这就是他对热带雨林的印象。

he called me every year, without fail, on valentine’s day and my birthday, even when i moved to costa rica and he moved to belize.

他每年都会给我打电话，不论是情人节，还是我的生日，甚至是我搬到哥斯达黎加，他搬到伯利兹城之后也没有间断过。

for instance, costa rica does not have high gdp, but it ranks 6 in the survey due to its tight social network that renders its people feel happy.

例如哥斯达黎加虽然国民收入不高，但在调查中排名第6，正是因为社交网络紧密，国民常常感幸福。

the death of a 53-year-old man in costa rica yesterday was the first involving swine flu outside north america.

昨天去世的那位53岁的哥斯达黎加男性患者是北美洲以外第一例因猪流感死亡的病例。

but the united states, colombia, peru and costa rica all recognised the election.

但是，美国、哥伦比亚、秘鲁和哥斯达黎加皆承认这次选举。

the arenal volcano in costa rica erupts suddenly in february 2010, turning the sky an ominous yellow-brown.

2010年二月，位于哥斯达黎加的阿雷纳火山突然爆发，天空呈现骇人的的黄棕色。

for example, the world database of happiness, compiled by a dutch sociologist on the basis of answers to surveys by gallup and others, lists costa rica in the top spot out of 148 nations.

比如，由一位荷兰社会学家根据盖洛普和其他研究公司的研究数据编制的「世界幸福感数据库」，列出的148个国家种以哥斯达黎加为榜首。

costa rica is one of the very few countries to have abolished its army, and it’s also arguably the happiest nation on earth.

哥斯达黎加是世界上少数几个废除军队的国家之一，它也可以说是世界上最快乐的国家。

costa rica plans to go carbon neutral by 2021.

哥斯达黎加计划到2021年实现碳中和。

costa rica is an ecological pioneer, introducing a carbon tax in 1997.

哥斯达黎加是一个生态的先驱，在1997年就引进了碳税。

president zelaya says honduran troops forcibly removed him from his home in the dead of night and sent him to costa rica in his pajamas.

洪都拉斯总统塞拉亚说，军方动用武力在深夜将他从住所带走，把穿着睡衣的他送到哥斯达黎加。

here again, costa rica wins the day, for achieving contentment and longevity in an environmentally sustainable way.

在这方面，哥斯达黎加又赢了，以对环境可持续性发展的方式获取幸福和长寿。

china has identical position and interest with mexico, cuba and costa rica on the issue of climate change.

在气候变化问题上，中国和墨西哥、古巴、哥斯达黎加有着相同的立场和共同的利益诉求。