Costa Rica [electronic resource] : child of the wind / by Jim Burroughs and Ceil Sutherland
- Author
- Burroughs, Jim
- Published
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1988.
- Physical Description
- 1 streaming video file (57 min.)
- Additional Creators
- Sutherland, Ceil
Access Online
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu , Access restricted to subscribers.
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Summary
- In war-torn Central America there is a country with no dictator and no army, a country at peace with itself and its neighbors. It is the oldest democracy in Latin America. This film explores the history of Costa Rica and the reasons it has been able to exist as a neutral country firmly committed to social welfare and free elections. Costa Ricans live without an army, preferring to invest their resources in hospitals and schools rather than machine guns and tanks. The film explores the issue of Costa Rica's neutrality in the face of its dependence on U.S. aid.
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- Audience Notes
- For High School; College; Adult audiences.
- Note
- Originally released as DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Reproduction Note
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
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