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Arias Said He Will Meet With
Bill Gates Later This Month
Costa Rican president, Oscar
Airas, announced yesterday that
while he will be in Cartagena,
Colombia, later this month he
will meet with Microsoft
founder, Bill Gates and
Colombian president, Alvaro
Uribe. The announcement came
while Arias was visiting the
port town of Puntarenas.
The Colombia trip is on March
19.
"In my meeting with Bill Gates I
will ask of him and his company
to provide technological support
for our country because it is
something we can do for our
young. We talk about the gap in
education, be we cannot leave
aside the gap in technology.
I want to plant the idea of
taking Costa Rican into account,
which has been punished for
doing things well and hope that
now we can get support and prize
our efforts for the young and
make their investments in Costa
Rica for the benefit of the
youth and all residents", said
Arias.
Arias, along with several
ministers and government
functionaries, has been touring
the province of Puntarenas, with
special emphasis on Chacarita,
Barranca and Puntarenas centre,
as the government is delivering
on its promise of housing,
housing bonds and support for
small businesses of the area.
The first stop was in Chacarita
were 32 poor families were given
their homes in an investment of
˘143 million colones by the
government.
The president then visited
several schools in the area in
promoting the program Avancemos
where, with the assistance of
the Instituto Mixto de Ayuda
Social (IMAS), the schools will
receive financial aid to better
their infrastructure.
The trip also included the
attendance of the inauguration
of the fifth plant by Concrepal,
a concrete manufacturing company
in Barranca.
President Arias stressed the
importance of giving support
companies in the area as they
generate employment.
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