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Port Concession in Limon and Moin Complicates Even More
Source: CentralAmericaData.COM
Monday, January 24, 2011
The labor union of the Caribbean ports of Costa Rica re-elected directors which are radically opposed to concession the ports to private investors.
At the same time in which dredging has started in order to increase capacity of tankers docking at Moin -with an expansion of the oil terminal which will be tendered in March 2011 - the workers voted overwhelmingly to re-elect union leaders who oppose granting management of the ports to the private sector.
This represents a blow to the Costa Rican government, which has acknowledged it has other plans to boost the indispensable modernization of port operations in the Caribbean, but to continue dialogue with the unions.
An article in Nacion.com, reviewed the immediate consequences of this union election, "Poor Limon, poor Costa Rica! The triumph of the union which opposes concessions and the modernization of the docks of Limon and Moin, responsible, along with politicians and governments of years past, of neglecting Limon, worsened violence and poverty in the province. You cannot fight drug trafficking and crime in an atmosphere of confusion, lawlessness, impunity, underdevelopment and union port privileges.”