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Costa Rican
Trade Minister Tells Jamaicans Doors Are
Wide Open
Costa Rica's Foreign Trade Minister, Marco
Vinicio Ruiz, says has been able to weather
the economic storm because it has a diverse
economy, allowing it keep unemployment low.
Minister Ruiz talking to the associate
editor of the Jamaican newspaper, The
Gleaner, on the benefits of the free trade
agreement recently signed with the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) state, estolled the
benefits for Jamaican investors to invest in
Costa Rica/
"We are very open", said Ruiz, explaining
how Costa Rica already has an international
business sector and good relations with Asia
and the rest of Central America.
The trade minister added that there are a
variety of opportunities, as Costa Ricans
consumer fresh produce all year round,
companies involved in online businesses and
the production of short films, adding the
current filming of a reality show for US
television in the jungles of Costa Rica.
Ruiz was clear that Costa Rica is not a
"cheap labout" country, having
well-qualified workers, the country focusing
on education for the last 50 years.
"We are in very good shape now. Our exports
of largely electronic goods are down 12 per
cent in the first quarter. We have had an
impact on construction, which has slowed
down. But because our economy is diverse, we
have been able to keep our employment high.
Unemployment in Costa Rica is less than five
per cent. We know that some companies have
left the country and some have shut down
their plants", said minister Ruiz.
Costa Rica has a very significant population
of Jamaican descendants in the Caribbean
region.
" If you go to any of our Caribbean regions,
you will feel like you are in Jamaica; it is
the same people, including even politicians.
There is a congresswoman, Epsie Campbell,
running for the opposition party as a
presidential candidate; she is of Jamaican
heritage', said Ruiz.
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