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Geologists’ College Calls for Referendum on Crucitas Mining Dispute Image: Guillermo Solano MSP
🇨🇷 Costa Rica /Elections & Politics

Geologists’ College Calls for Referendum on Crucitas Mining Dispute

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Costa Rica’s College of Geologists has called for a referendum on the future of mining in Crucitas, Cutris de San Carlos.
  • The group made the proposal as the Legislative Assembly has not reached a resolution on the issue.
  • The organization says the area continues to face illegal gold extraction and related environmental problems.

Costa Rica’s College of Geologists wants citizens to decide the future of mining in Crucitas, where the issue remains unresolved in the Legislative Assembly.

The organization is proposing a referendum as the debate continues over the mining zone in Cutris de San Carlos. According to the college, Crucitas has faced illegal gold extraction for years, along with environmental problems linked to the activity.

The proposal comes amid what the organization describes as a lack of resolution in the legislature and the continued advance of problems in the area.

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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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