The Woes of Central America

I pulled this map from an Economist Article.  It was especially striking for me to compare the stats between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. From living in both places it was obvious that they were in really different places in terms of development, but it was still a interesting to see that in numbers.

I enjoyed the whole article in the Economist. It does a pretty good job of laying out the multifaceted web of problems (lack of education, vulnerability to natural disaster, polarized political climate) instead of just discussing the drug trade  and leaving it at that:  http://www.economist.com/node/18558254?story_id=18558254&fsrc=rss

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