A governing-party lawmaker promoted and voted for a new law legalizing tourism and commercial activity around Lake Arenal without disclosing that her family owns a lakeshore lodge that stands to benefit from it. Cindy Murillo Artavia, a deputy for President Laura Fernández’s Pueblo Soberano party, spoke in favor of bill 22981 and voted for it […] The post Costa Rica’s New Lake Arenal Tourism Law Draws Conflict-of-Interest Questions appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .