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Controversial Contract Between INDRA and Costa Rica’s Judiciary

Complains include delays and disagreements in the execution of the contract, and the fact that the local manager of the project is the husband of a Supreme Court judge.

Monday, May 31, 2010

Journalist Ronny Rojas published several articles in Nacion.com explaining that Costa Rica’s Judiciary hired Spanish company INDRA to consult on a IT system and process redesign. The contract was worth $1.8 million (funded by the Inter American Development Bank), and INDRA was the only company that made a formal bid for it.

Ana Virginia Calzada is a judge at the Supreme Court of Justice. Her husband, apparently, is the local responsible for executing the project, although there are differing versions on this.

Source: Nacion.com

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