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Weekly Report - 05 September 2024 (WR-24-35)
COSTA RICA: Protests over education investment
Thousands of people took to the streets in Costa Rica’s capital, San José, on 29 August to protest against falling investment in education. There were further protests elsewhere in the country the following day. Protesters complain that investment in education was just 5.2% of GDP in 2023 despite a constitutional requirement to assign 8% of GDP to education at all levels. On the second day of protests, the right-of-centre government led by President Rodrigo Chaves presented a budget for 2025, reducing funding for education.
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