Apr 25, 2012
The Costa Rican President, Laura Chinchilla, should give up the fiscal reform now under consideration at the Legislative Assembly, said the general secretary of the Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Privados (ANEP),...
Read MoreMay 5, 2011
[ENGLISH SUMMARY: Costa Rican voters have dealt a blow to Laura Chinchilla’s neoliberal administration by taking away her party’s control of the Congress in recent national elections. Of interest to the ILWU Coast...
Read MoreJan 20, 2011
Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla on Wednesday promised the province of Limón a major push for development with the modernization of the Recope refinery and docks at Limón and Moín. The impetus is expected to create some...
Read MoreJul 16, 2012
Three judges will rule in upcoming days on the fate of the $1 billion Moín Port project, on the northern Caribbean coast. The renovation contract would help modernize an area that currently has two of the worst ports in the...
Read MoreOct 28, 2011
Costa Rica’s Administrative Contention Court has rejected an appeal by trade unions challenging APM Terminals’ US$1 billion contract at Moin Port. Union dock workers, responsible for handling 80% of the port’s trade, took...
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