The Superior Administrative Court (TSA) postponed until Thursday, 20 February 2020, the hearing on the request for the suspension of the environmental permit issued by the Ministry of Environment to the Grupo Globalia to build a 96-cabaña luxury resort in the Cotubanamá National Park area.
The Ministry of Environment had authorized the construction on lot 24A. Environmental groups and a former minister of Environment have openly stated the construction in that area is banned by law. The Medina Administration created a commission made up by the Environment Minister Angel Estevez, Legal Advisor to the President Flavio Darío Espinal, and Presidency Minister Gustavo[KR4] Montalvo to ascertain the legality of the permission to build.
On several previous occasions, Globalia had attempted to obtain the environmental permit and had failed until Environment Minister Angel Estevez gave his authorization. Environmentalists say this was irregularly issued. Both Omar Ramirez Tejada, former director of National Parks, and Estevez predecessor, former Environment Minister Francisco Domínguez Brito, say the permission should be revoked.
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Diario Libre
Diario Libre
17 February 2020