Foreign investors fight shy of Costa Rica power costs
Friday, March 1, 2013
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Costa Rica is facing the possibility of losing foreign investment due to the country's high electricity costs.
Bureaucracy has caused the delay since last December of a law that would establish an electricity contingency plan.
Both the president of the country, Laura Chinchilla, and Victor Emilio Granados, head of congress, want the law to be discussed by a specialized committee, but in order to do so, it must be first approved by 38 legislators.
Full story (in Spanish)