<\/a>(VATICAN ENQUIRER)<\/em> SAN JOSE\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Costa Ricans (Ticos) are the most honest country in Central America, according to Transparency International\u2019s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index, though still among the flakiest in terms of following through on agreed upon date, dinner or weekend plans, the report said.<\/p>\n

The Index, which measures a country\u2019s transparency as seen by business executives and foreign investors, scored the self-proclaimed \u201cSwitzerland of Central America\u201d 47th out of 174 countries ranked, well ahead of money laundering rampant Panama, crime ravaged Honduras and Daniel Ortega\u2019s Nicaragua make-believe socialist revolution.<\/p>\n

While the Ticos were pleased to be deemed the isthmus\u2019s most honest, the country is \u201cextremely concerned\u201d with Costa Rica\u2019s near worst ranking in terms of social reliability, according to Foreign Minister Manuel Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

Costa Rica finished 172nd in terms of fulfilling social and weekend activity plans, trailing only the Democratic Republic of Congo, where armed civil war often results in plans falling through, and Papua New Guinea, which is overrun by hunter-gatherer indigenous groups that still use dial-up internet and pagers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s particularly disconcerting that the world views us as socially pura paja<\/i>,\u201d Gonzalez said as he canceled dinner plans with his mother due to a light rainfall. \u201c<\/p>\n

As Ticos, if we really want to climb the ladder and eclipse powerhouses like tequila-drenched Mexico and the socially responsible hackers of North Korea \u2013 which ranked 1st overall in death threats for not following through on commitments \u2013 we must stop turning off our cell phones after telling someone we\u2019ll come over and start making some cambios, or at least send a text,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

All over the country, protests were organized and not attended in reaction to Ticos\u2019 reported social irresponsibility. Maria Hernandez, who had to back-out of her year-in-the-making high school reunion at the last minute to attend the quince\u00f1era<\/i> of her third cousin\u2019s aunt\u2019s niece, claims the ranking is una locura<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really don\u2019t understand it,\u201d she explained while rejecting 4 phone calls. \u201cWe Ticos are such open, fun-loving, and confrontation-averse people. This study has us all wrong,\u2019\u2019 she said while updating her WhatsApp away status to \u201cwashing my hair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karen Porras, who didn\u2019t return calls after agreeing to participate in an interview with EP, agreed the result is a complete misrepresentation of the culture. Porras said she will respond to e-mailed questions \u201cen un toque,\u2019\u2019 at which point this story will be updated.<\/p>\n

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