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Ruben Pacheco Donates to Arias
Presidential Campaign
Hedging his bets, former Tourism
Minister and businessman, Rubén
Pacheco Lutz, who is involved in
the controversy surrounding the
granting of concessions for his
Papagayo project, is also a
contributor to presidential
candidate Óscar Arias.
Last year, Pacheco Lutz donated
¢2.250.000 colones (us$4.750) to
Arias' bid for the presidential
chair in 2006.
The news of the contribution was
released yesterday by Martha
Zamora, of the Partido Accion
Ciudana (PAC) party and backed
by a publication in the Spanish
daily newspaper Al Día in
November of 2004, naming Pacheco
Lutz as one of the 165
contributors to Arias.
Arias' chief campaign manager
confirmed the donation
yesterday.
Pacheco Lutz is square in the
middle of the storm surrounding
his former boss, President Abel
Pacheco. Lutz accompanied the
president on two trip to Spain
last year where he met Spanish
businessman Bernando Martin, who
later became a partner in his
Papagayo project to develop four
lots, under a government grant
of concession, to build a
residential community and hotel
that would include a 18 hole
gold course.
Bernardo Martin was named
Honourary Consul for Costa Rica
for Sevilla, Spain and published
free of charge President
Pacheco's book last of poems
last December.
Pacheco Lutz was also counsel to
the government - the same
government who granted his
project the concession - on
economic matters. He was
dismissed from the counsel
yesterday.
Arias is a front runner to win
the presidential elections in
2006.
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