Weekly Report - 30 October 2014 (WR-14-43)

COSTA RICA | Port strike continues. There is no progress in talks between the government led by President Luis Guillermo Solís and striking workers from Costa Rica’s main ports of Moín and Limón. The Sindicato de Trabajadores de Japdeva (Sintrajap) went on strike on 22 October, in response to the supreme court upholding a US$1bn concession awarded to the Dutch firm, APM Terminals, for the construction of a new terminal at the Puerto Limón/Moín complex.

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