Since probably the beginning of this year, a group of people from Costa Rica got together to fight against crime and force the Costa Rica government to implement better and faster security measures for everyone, through an organization named “Recuperemos la Paz” which in English means “Let’s get the peace back”.

 

Costa Rica wants peaceOn their website, http://recuperemoslapaz.org this group has compiled lots of information regarding Costa Rica crime rate, a manifesto and a lot of artists have donated work pieces to create awareness to people and the Costa Rica security entities.

 

Their manifesto is called “ Manifiesto por la recuperación por la paz” (Manifesto to get the peace back) and was signed on April, 2008 by the three government branches it can be found, only in spanish, on this link http://www.recuperemoslapaz.org/manifiesto.html; what it basically strives to achieve is for the Asamblea Legislativa to incorporate stronger laws and better national security everywhere in the country to try and remove the violent crimes that have been taken place in the past years, where people have been killed even if they cooperate with the criminals for small things such as cell phones and ipods. Costa Rica was once a lovely place where people were able to come and go free, take buses or walk at night anywhere without being afraid of getting killed and this Costa Rica organization is trying to give those days back to the people in Costa Rica and their visitors.

 

The government has a dateline to comply with their demands and so far they seem to be doing an “ok job”. Costa Rica tourism is definitely one of the affected areas since a lot people dream of having a vacation in Costa Rica and just like the citizens themselves, Costa Rica tourists also need to feel safe during their stay.

 

We really hope that Recuperemos la paz accomplishes every goal they have set for themselves and to be honest I am proud to live in a country where people just don’t sit and wait but move to have a better life.