Whats The Best And Safest Country To Live In Latin America?
Probably Costa Rica. It has a stable government, well-liked by the USA (which is helpful). Historically the government has usually been democratic (not always, though). It has also been very stable economically and socially. Costa Rica lacks the history of violence, poverty and social conflict that plagues most of the rest of Latin America. Part of the reason for lack of social conflict is the heavy percentage of European ancestry in the residents. The lack of much slavery (or many plantations where slaves were imported to work on) made a difference, too. This means that most people’s ancestors had roughly equal status in Costa Rican society. Thus, there are few knock-on social divisions generations later. The region is heavily deforested and there are problems with desertification. But it still features some beautiful coastlines, and is actively promoting ecotourism. Health care can be very good, and the incidence of nasties (like malaria) is very low. Chile is also a reasonably nice
