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Sunday 10 April 2011 |
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Costa
Rican
Opposition
Rejects
Docking
of US
Military
Ships
Costa
Rican
opposition
politicians
reiterated
their
rejection
on
Friday
to U.S.
military
ships
docking
in Costa
Rica
under
the
pretext
of
fighting
drug
trafficking.
"We want
to fight
drug
trafficking,
but we
do not
accept
the
docking
or
prolonged
stay of
military
ships in
our
country,
because
it
violates
our
Constitution
and our
national
sovereignty,"
said
Juan
Carlos
Mendoza,
head of
the
Citizen
Action
Party
(PAC)
bloc in
the
Legislative
Assembly.
Last
week,
President
Laura
Chinchilla
criticized
legislators
for
delaying
authorizations
for
joint
Costa
Rican/U.S.
patrols.
The
Costa
Rican
Legislative
Assembly
approved
the
entry of
46 U.S.
Coast
Guard
ships in
December
2010,
but did
not
authorize
the
entry of
26
military
ships.
In
statements
published
online
Friday
by El
Pais
newspaper,
Assemblywoman
Carmen
Muñoz
(PAC)
said the
ships
had
artillery
emplacements
with
weapons
contravening
Cooperation
Articles
5 and 6
signed
by the
United
States
and
Costa
Rica.
"Preventive
detention
is not
the
problem,
but what
keeps a
prisoner
for many
months
and
years
without
reaching
a verdict,
we do
not know
if he is
innocent
or
guilty,
" said
Justice
Minister,
Hernando
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