A new model for creating businesses and developing NGOs is gaining momentum in Costa Rica. Do the basic conditions to promote it exist in this Central American country? What are the main lessons learned around the world for a country like this?

Through his first publication, “Social Enterprises in Costa Rica,” Marco Villegas provides context for a world in which another business model is possible, one that can address the most pressing current and future needs. If this model is successful in a small country like Costa Rica, it signifies a great possibility for Latin America: the most unequal region on the planet.

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1969

A Costa Rican lives in self-imposed exile in New York during the very year that would change everything. Being in the right place at the right time allows him to witness a series of events that would shape the history of the 20th century, while he tries to rediscover his place and that of his loved ones.