Costa Rica is leaning on its renewable energy base and a strategy of diversification to navigate growing global uncertainty, as geopolitical tensions and slowing growth weigh on trade. Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade Manuel Tovar Rivera says that while the country has been relatively insulated from immediate energy shocks stemming from the ongoing Middle East conflict, it will not be immune to broader economic fallout. In an interview with CNA’s Olivia Marzuki, he also discusses how Asia