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Friday 26 November 2010 |
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Costa Rica's Former President Oscar
Arias
May Have
To Stand
Trial
Costa
Rican
magistrates
recommended
that the
Ministerio
Público
open a
trial
against
former
president
Oscar
Arias,
after
irregularities
detected
in the
process
for the
concession
of a
gold
mine to
a
transnational.
The
court
recommendation
following
a ruling
that
cancelled
the
Crucitas
mining
concession
approved
during
the
Arias
administration.
Arias,
who
governed
between
2006 and
2010
second
term),
declared
the
exploitation
of a
mine
called
Crucitas
in the
north of
the
nation
as of
"national
convenience"
despite
the
damages
to the
environment.
The
court
that
annulled
the
executive
decree
Wednesday,
considered
opening
a trial
against
Arias,
former
Environment
Minister
Roberto
Robles
and
other
officials
who were
involved.
Edgardo
Araya, a
lawyer
working
for
ecologist
association
Norte
por La
Vida,
supported
opening
an
investigation
on Arias
and the
other
people
involved
in
granting
the
authorization
to
Industrias
Infinito,
a
Canadian
company.
The
court
was
formed
by
judges
Eduardo
Gonzalez,
David
Fallas
and
Grace
Loaiza.
The
concession
to take
a
million
ounces
of gold
from the
mine was
cancelled.
Magistrates
confirmed
irregularities
when
granting
the
permissions
and the
elimination
of a
public
road in
the
zone,
where
the
place
for
cleaning
the gold
was
going to
be
built.
The
court
ruled
that the
government,
the
National
System
for
Conservation
Areas
and
Industrias
Infinito
must pay
for the
damages.
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