President Laura Fernández urges swift legislation to resolve Crucitas mining crisis

The Frente Amplio parliamentary faction sent a formal request to President Laura Fernández on 23 June urging the convening of an extraordinary legislative session to consider two bills: a reform (expediente 23‑952) to classify illegal mining as organized crime, and a law (expediente 24‑675) aimed at the sustainable recovery of the Crucitas area and the creation of a development pole in the northern Huetar region.

President Fernández responded the next day, telling deputies that “ya no tenemos tiempo para que la Asamblea Legislativa nos dé excusas… queremos soluciones de manera inmediata.” She urged legislators to drop motions she described as “mala fe” that delay the mining‑legalisation project, highlighting the hardship faced by families in San Carlos and stressing the urgency of a legislative solution.

The two articles describe the same political push to address the illegal‑mining crisis in Crucitas, Costa Rica, through rapid parliamentary action.