Costa Ricans Cannot
Adopt Orphaned Haitian Children
Costa Rican families who want to adopt
Haitain children orphaned following last
week's devastating earthquake cannot do so,
says Mario Víquez, president of thePatronato
Nacional de la Infancia, Costa Rica's child
welfare agency.
Víquez explained that adoptions can only
take place with countries that have ratified
the Hague Convention or with home there is a
bilateral agreement, and Haiti does not meet
either of the two conditions.
The requirements is included in the "Procesos
de Adopción del PANI" (PANI adoption
process).
The PANI director said he does not consider
it advisable, since the disaster represents
a big impact for children and adding to this
the uprooting could affect them even more.
Víquez said that his office has received
dozens of requests by Costa Ricans anxious
to adopt children from Haiti.
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