The Mayor of San Jose plans to develop, in an 18 thousand square meters aree in the center of the capital, a building to house technology companies and universities.
The objective of the Municipality of San José is to attract foreign investment to the capital with the development of a business park dedicated to the technology sector. For this end, the Agency for Local Economic Development (ADEL) has been created, which will be responsible for implementing the project.
The estimates for the number of low-income family homes needed to be built in San José and Alajuela to meet current demand is 15,000.
Data from the Housing Promotion Foundation in Costa Rica indicates that in the capital the number of social or low-income homes needed to be built is 8,633.
"...According to Johnny Araya, Mayor of San Jose, the capital has the potential to accommodate more families and he believes that the solution is to build vertically.'There are already projects underway, such as those you can see in Sagrada Familia, near the Rancho Guanacaste, in Cristo Rey, where there is a supply of high rises for low-income sectors'. "
Economic, political and public opinion factors seem to be lining up together making the new tram project for the capital San Jose have a good chance of coming to fruition.
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The promoter of the project Johnny Araya, City Mayor elected for the period 2016-2020, who had previously headed the commune between 1998 and 2013, garnering, despite numerous allegations of irregularities in his management, a popularity that led him to run as president of the Republic in elections which he lost decisively against the current president Luis Guillermo Solis.In 2016 Araya was again elected mayor of San Jose, favored by the popular vote which sees him as one of the few Costa Rican professional politicians with executive management capabilities.
Despite pointing out several errors in the text which make the system impractical, the Legislative Assembly has given final approval to the proposed reforms, while they prepare further amendments.
Reform to the Banking System for Development has been approved, however, "... There are gaps that will make the plan unworkable and ineffective, if it is ever to become law ...
Johnny Araya, presidential candidate, proposes removing the caps on the private generation of solar, wind and biomass energy.
During a meeting with the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Business Sector , the presidential candidate of the National Liberation Party, Johnny Araya, proposed removing legal limits for private power generation using renewable sources such as solar power, wind power and biomass.
In scenarios where no candidate managed to win a direct election, the results of the first round confirmed the trends of voters to the left in both countries.
In a second round on March 9th in El Salvador and on April 6th in Costa Rica the next presidents of both nations will be chosen, after two elections ended with no candidate receiving the required majority to be declared president.
With the exception of the left wing party, most of the presidential candidates propose maintaining or strengthening the insurance market.
Strengthening, maintaining the legislation as it is and enhancing control over the market are the proposals of the candidates of the parties Unidad Social Cristina, Liberación Nacional and Movimiento Libertario, respectively .
The virtual tie in the polls of candidates from the left, center and right is causing concern among employers.
With less than three weeks to go before the elections for the Presidency and Members of the Legislative Assembly, a poll has shown there is a tie for the top position, according to voter intentions, out of the three parties with distinct government programs, generating uncertainty about the changes to the business environment which could occur during the next term of government in the country.
Prohibition of geothermal power generation in protected areas would be lifted by the two presidential candidates who are leading the polls.
Johnny Araya of the National Liberation Party (PLN by its initials in Spanish) and José María Villalta from the Broad Front (Frente Amplio) party, said they would allow the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) to explore geothermal energy in the Rincón de la Vieja National Park in Guanacaste.
In Costa Rica the presidential candidate of the ruling party is proposing using part of the proceeds from the tax to fund pensions and improve control of tax evasion.
The candidate of the National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional), Johnny Araya, proposed in his government plan that of the 13% tax charged on each sale, 3% be assigned to the funds set up by pension providers to cover the pensions of those over 65 years old.
Entrepreneurs and ALL presidential candidates agree on the need to eliminate privileges and unfair wage abuses in the public sector.
"On this point the five candidates that top the polls agreed during a debate organized by the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Business Sector (UCCAEP)," reported an article in Ameliarueda.com.
All of the Costa Rican presidential candidates agree that there is an urgent need to modernize public transport by reactivating intercity railways.
This is one of the proposals which tally across all the candidates for the presidency, to improve the country's road infrastructure. They "... agree on the need to modernize public transport, by strengthening the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer), the bus transport system and the national road network."
Johnny Araya , candidate for the ruling party, has proposed a tax package aimed at improving collections and gas exploration to boost new energy sources.
Araya proposes the creation of the National Tax Administration Agency in order to combat tax evasion and improve tax collection. According to him , the fiscal deficit is affecting governance and competitiveness.
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.
The leading Costa Rican presidential candidate would prefer state run companies to control the energy market.
Johnny Araya Monge, who was a former mayor of the capital San Jose for many years and is now presidential candidate for the ruling National Liberation Party (PLN), is the candidate with the highest number of voter intentions in recent polls.