Native Indians account for only 1.7 % of Costa Rica's population. Because most of them can't understand Spanish, the language of government, and have not been educated, they have difficulty communicating with the outside world and are frequently cheated when conducting business.
在哥斯大黎加人口中只佔 1.7％的印地安人，由於多數不懂官方西班牙語，加上沒有受過教育，不僅阻礙他們與外界溝通，也經常在交易中受騙。