Uccaep calls for action as homicides rise and warns of economic fallout in Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector, known as Uccaep, is calling for coordinated action against violence as homicides increase.

The organisation urged the government, lawmakers, the judiciary and other institutions to build a national strategy to address the problem. Its appeal framed public security as an economic concern as well as a social one.

Uccaep warned that the rise in homicides is increasing companies’ operating costs, limiting investment, damaging tourism and reducing the country’s ability to generate formal employment.

The group’s warning places pressure on several branches and public institutions to respond together, rather than treating the issue as the responsibility of a single authority.