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The Great Banana Strike of 1934, against the United Fruit Company was an important step that would eventually lead to the formation of effective Trade unions in Costa Rica since the company was required to sign a collective agreement with its workers in 1938.
Costa Rica's economy was historically based on agriculture, and this has had a large cultural impact through the years. Costa Rica's main cash crop, historically and up to modern times, was Bananas. The coffee crop had been a major export, but decreased in value to the point where it added only 2.5% to the 2013 exports of the country. [61]
A commonly used term in Costa Rican restaurants is agua con gas meaning "water with gas", or carbonated water. Water is generally potable in Costa Rica, but this is not guaranteed. [1] In Costa Rica, beer is the most commonly consumed alcoholic drink. Imperial and Pilsen are the two most widely popular beers in the country. Imperial was founded ...
Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
The major labor dispute between the peasants and the United Fruit Company (The Great Banana Strike) was a major event in the country's history and was an important step that would eventually lead to the formation of effective trade unions in Costa Rica, as the company was required to sign a collective agreement with its workers in 1938.
A coffee plantation in the Orosí valley. Coffee production has played a key role in Costa Rica's history and continues to be important to the country's economy.In 2006, coffee was Costa Rica's number three export, [1] after being the number one cash crop export for several decades.
World's largest oxcart on display in Costa Rica. Costa Rican oxcarts, called carretas in Spanish, are a large part of Costa Rican history. They allowed for the expansion and increase of exports of many goods including Costa Rica's main export, coffee. It also is a huge part of Costa Rican culture today. The oxcarts are considered one of Costa ...
Avianca Costa Rica: Consumer services Airlines San José: 1945 Part of Avianca (Colombia) P A Café Britt: Consumer services Restaurants & bars Heredia: 1985 Coffee P A Cerveceria Costa Rica: Consumer goods Brewers Heredia: 1908 Brewery P A Dos Pinos: Consumer goods Food products Alajuela Province: 1947 Dairy products P A Florida Ice and Farm ...