Contact
UPF-Costa RicaApartado postal. 5337-1000
San Jose
Costa Rica
506-2240-1612
costarica@upf.org
Costa Rica
Apartado postal. 5337-1000
San Jose
Costa Rica
506-2240-1612
costarica@upf.org
Global Peace Council Member
Hon. Gerardo Brenes A.
President The Foundation for the Development of Guanacaste, Vice President La Paz Community School
Youth Help Children and the Elderly in Costa Rica
Tejarcillos, Costa Rica - Volunteers renovated facilities of the Light for the Nations Foundation and apartments for the elderly in an impoverished community on the outskirts of Costa Rica's capital city of San Jose July 7-19, 2010.
In Memoriam: H.E. Rodrigo Carazo
San Jose, Costa Rica - H.E. Dr. Rodrigo Carazo, President of Costa Rica (1978-82), died December 9 at the age of 82. A UPF Ambassador for Peace and member of its Global Peace Council, Carazo spoke at a peace conference in Seoul in July promoting "a renewed United Nations that embodies the parental heart of God.”
O. Alvarez: Peace in the Americas
We are in times of crisis. Economic growth has been interrupted and there is a growing recession comparable to the 1929 crisis. It is a global economic crisis that was born in the US and transmitted to Europe, Japan, China, Mexico, Argentina, and Latin America in general. It demonstrates that we are interconnected and interdependent.
O. Alvarez: Paz en las Américas
Estamos en tiempos de crisis. Se interrumpió el crecimiento económico y empezó una recesión cada vez más generalizada y solamente comparable a la crisis del 29 del siglo pasado. Es una crisis económica global que nace en los Estados Unidos y contagia a Europa, a Japón, a China, a México, Argentina y la América Latina en general. Demuestra que estamos interconectados y que somos interdependientes.
J.M. Echandi: The Challenge for New Generations
I come from Costa Rica, a country which more than 60 years ago made a declaration of peace to the world and constitutionally eliminated its army. Peace is inherent in the being of the Costa Rican people. As a legislator, democratically elected by the Costa Rican people, I bring a brotherly embrace to all who have assembled here to give birth to peace.
UPF Latin American Tour
UPF Co-chair Dr. Hyun Jin Moon and Secretary General Dr. Thomas Walsh promoted “A Vision for the Americas” and held International Leadership Conferences in six nations. Read reports about events in Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Uruguay (Español), and Brazil (Português).
Spreading the Message of Peace on TV in Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica - Peace education is being carried out through the Tele-paz channel, which broadcasts from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm daily, including programs featuring Ambassadors for Peace. Ten to twenty calls come in each day from around the country from people who want more information.
Peace Tour Builds UPF in Costa Rica
R. Carazo: A Culture of Peace Requires Human Rights and Justice
The culture of peace is a way of life in which mutual respect produces social integration. There can be no peace if the respect for the other’s rights does not prevail.