Costa Rican Congress to Have New Home

The Board members Patricia Perez and Gloria Bejarano, told Prensa Libre that the new headquarters will be built on lots, to be expropriated, on the north side of the Plaza de la Democracia in the capital.

The funds for expropriation, $ 1.17 million, have been redirected from the Legislative Assembly’s budget.

President of the Legislative Assembly, Juan Carlos Mendoza, “reported that only minor details remain to be finalized, which Perez stated relate to the source of the funds for the trust, which the BCR would find in the Banco Popular and also in the National Bank ".

Source: prensalibre.co.cr

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