More than 250 national police officers took over the Caribbean port of Moín early this morning to put an end to three days of protests by port workers using tortuguismo, or slowing down their productivity to a minimum, to oppose government plans to privatize the port’s management. These protests have cost the government $5 million […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The transport minister said Wednesday that construction of the San José-Caldera highway would begin in November at the same time that work begins on reconstructing the San José-San Ramón highway.
The minister is Karla González, and the San José-Caldera route will reduce the travel time from the Central Valley to the […]
By Saray Ramírez Vindas
and the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Police carrying gas masks were in position early today to take over the docks at Limón and Moín on the Caribbean.
Workers there have been engaged in a slowdown and demand that the government promise not to privatize the operations.
Early in the day President Óscar Arias Sánchez said […]
