RE: CAFTA & Las Baulas expropriation Hello Friends and Neighbors: I wanted to update you on our progress with CAFTA arbitration. Below, please find a short summary and my comments. · This CAFTA action is for landowners within the 125 meters (basically beachfront -- 50 meters plus the 75 the park is claiming). It is the easiest group to gather
Hello Friends and Neighbors: Once again the Costa Rican Government has failed to address the coastal land issues and is now going to challenge all coastal land titles for 200 meters, not just the expropriation in the Park. The Coast Rican Government has left us with no other option but to file under CAFTA-DR for international arbitration. This action
Many of you have been asking for information on the progress of CAFTA actions. Well, much has happened since our last post. We have met with several law firms to evaluate our case, how to proceed and who will be representing us in the action. We have also been in contact with Costa Rican government officials and, to my personal distain, politicians
Hello All: Just a quick progress update on the CAFTA "Class Action" -- see media gallery for: CAFTA Option We have a legal team headed to Costa Rica the 3rd week of August. They have scheduled several meetings with Costa Rican attorneys who are working with us to review background information on the current status of the Expropriation and
CAFTA "CLASS ACTION" LAWSUIT As many of you already know, we have engaged a large international law firm based in Washington DC to file CAFTA claims against Costa Rica and The Leatherback Trust. Please read the CAFTA Option document in the media gallery and get me your information. Procedures, instructions and contact information are in the
Petition (in ms word format) to the President of Costa Rica Please go to the media gallery, download and read the petition to the President of Costa Rica. If you agree, please sign the signature page and return that page only. Instructions are on the signature page. We will collect signatures and present the document to the President, his ministers
This is a l etter sent on 1/23/09 to the President of Costa Rica discussing the recent Sala IV ruling on the Las Baulas Park and it's buffer zone expansion. It is in Spanish with a computer translated English version.
February 1, 2009 Mission Statement This site is dedicated to the truth about the Las Baulas marine park, the land expropriation and what can be done to protect your property rights. We wish to unite the community, share information, voice our opinions and offer solutions. We will post information as it becomes available along with actions each of us