COLLECTIVE ACTIONS AND SOCIAL CONFLICTS AROUND TERRITORIES AND COMMON GOODS AT THE COSTA RICAN COUNTRYSIDE IN PANDEMIC TIMES

Abstract

This paper provides a look at the social conflicts that have taken place in Costa Rica during the Covid-19 pandemic (January 2020 and December 2021). This study Comes from the registered collective actions and the experiences of the “Community Observatory of Collective Actions.” Based on this data, four axes of conflict were identified during this period: a) The demand for rights and defense of indigenous territories, b) Communities in defense of water and the environment, c) Draft laws that threaten common goods, d) Labor conflicts and pollution in the production of monocultives.