Honduran supreme court rejects idea of building independently governed ‘model cities’
Honduran supreme court rejects idea of building independently governed ‘model cities’
By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, October 18, 12:16 PM
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ supreme court has struck down a plan to build a series of model cities with their own independent tax and justice systems, a proposal that was meant to spur economic growth in a country struggling with corruption and criminality.
Court spokesman Daniel Aguirre says the justices declared that a law that permits the creation of special development zones outside the jurisdiction of ordinary Honduran law is unconstitutional.
Authorization for the private cities was passed by the Honduran Congress in January 2011 amid controversy that included objections to handing over control of Honduran territory. A U.S.-based investment group had been expected to invest $15 million to begin building basic infrastructure for the first model city near Puerto Castilla on the Caribbean coast.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/honduran-supreme-court-rejects-idea-of-building-independently-governed-model-cities/2012/10/18/859fbd38-1947-11e2-ad4a-e5a958b60a1e_story.html
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