The Costa Rican government said on Saturday that it will continue with its plans to modernize the Limón docks, with or without the support of the JAPDEVA union [SINTRAJAP].
The election of Ronaldo Blear as leader of the JAPDEVA union is a signal from the union members not to privatize the docks, seeing the government’s intentions to privatize as negative.
The government, on the other hand, is betting on privatization to bring the docks to a competitive level.
In this way, Vargas hinted that the government of Laura Chinchilla will move forward with plans to modernize and privatize the Limón docks despite resistance from the workers union.
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