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Thesis: Even though the Happy Planet Index states Costa Rica is the happiest country in the world because of its high life expectancy, experienced well-being and low ecological footprint, Costa Ricadoes not serve this title due to its high poverty rates and high nature destruction.

Claim: Costa Rica should not be consider as the happiest country in the world due to its high poverty ratesand severe damage to the country’s nature.

Background: According to the statistician Mark Nicthere, there are three parameters to measure the happiness of a country: footprint, life expectancy, andexperienced well-being. Nicthere is the main head behind the Happy Planet Index statistics, which for the second time, the first one was in 2010, have stated Costa Rica is the happiest country of theworld.

Arguments:

I. Costa Rica has a high rate of extreme poverty for which Costa Rica should not consider itself as a happy country
a. They have huts (tugurios) instead of houses.b. More than 3 people live in the same room.
c. These people do not have access to drinking water so they use water from rivers o wells.


II. Pollution inrivers and destruction of the nature are strong facts that shows why Costa Rica must not be considered as the happiest planet in the world

a. Some San José rivers are so polluted that it may implydeath danger to the people who gets in it. (Contaminación de ríos en Costa Rica es vergüenza nacional, según ministro Castro, 2011)

b. In addition, even our president does not share ecologistsideas, and prefers to stay in favor of bussiness people: “La Presidente Laura Chinchilla, quien en octubre del 2010 llamó a empresarios, -que han colaborado en la nueva ruta para destruir bosques,quebradas y humedales en la Región Huetar Norte-, a combatir a los ambientalistas que querían convertir a este país en un museo de historia natural.” (Salazar, 2012) From La Nacion.

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