Google will be dedicating its homepage to mark the independence of Costa Rica with its September 15 doodle on its the homepage in the country.
Costa Rica, which means “Rich Coast”, constitutionally abolished its army permanently in 1949. It is the only Latin American country included in the list of the world’s 22 older democracies.
Costa Rica has consistently been among the top Latin American countries in the Human Development Index, ranked 62nd in the world in 2010, and is cited by the UNDP as one of the countries that have attained much higher human development than other countries at the same income levels.
The country is ranked third in the world, and first among the Americas, in terms of the 2010 Environmental Performance Index.
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