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Costa Rica: Port Concession Not Under Political Threat

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The Presidential candidate Luis Guillermo Solis has promised to respect the contract with the Dutch company APM for the construction of a new container dock at Moin.

The likely winner of the presidential election has backtracked on his campaign ads which stated he would "review the ports concession contracts."

Candidate Supports Extension of Rice Protection

Thursday, February 20, 2014

The center-right presidential candidate in Costa Rica says he would mantain the extension on the liberation of rice prices.

The presidential candidate of the Citizen Action Party, Luis Guillermo Solis said that a new government would keep the six month extension that has been ordered on the liberation of the price of rice.

Presidential Candidate in Costa Rica: NO to Signing of FTAs

Thursday, February 20, 2014

While the outgoing administration rushes through entry to the Pacific Alliance, one of the two possible next presidents is opposed to new treaties.

In a meeting with the Chamber of Exporters, Luis Guillermo Solís, presidential candidate of the Citizen Action Party, said that if he wins the Presidency of the Republic in April, he will slow the signing and negotiation of new FTAs.

Costa Rica: Tax Reform in Election Speeches

Monday, September 30, 2013

The main political parties running in the upcoming presidential and legislative election point to the need for tax reform.

Johnny Araya, candidate for the Partido Liberación Nacional, believes what should be done is to "create a National Tax Agency (NTA), to improve collection, as a decentralized agency of the Treasury, with a special procurement regime. Study the decentralization of the Customs Department, for tax collection and national security purposes . Promote tax adjustments, justified not only by the deficit but by the current low relationship between the tax burden and GDP ", reported Financierocr.com.