Costa Rica Isolationism

Costa Rica during its colonial period was neglected for a large period of time, while other countries such as Mexico were highly populated with Spaniards due to the constant exploration. Costa Rica did not have a large population like its other Latin American counterparts, Gudmundson states "Colonial Costa Rica was indeed the poor man of Central America both economically and demographically" There was not a lot of attention focused on Costa Rica, which resulted in not that many individuals wanting to settle in Costa Rica at all.

The Role of the church was a unique experience within Costa Rica, due to the small population and barren land. The ecclesiastical wealth in Costa Rica was controlled by religious brotherhoods "Cofradias" in poor