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Arias Urges Mexican Businessmen To Invest in
Costa Rica
On his second day of his official visit to
Mexico, Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias,
made a call to Mexican businessmen to take a
look at what Costa Rica has to offer, to
consider Costa Rica as part of their
investments.
The meeting with Mexican businessmen was
held at the Hotel Presidente
Intercontinental and organized by the
Consejo Empresarial Mexicano de Comercio
Exterior (Comce), coinciding with Costa Rica
businessmen in Mexico looking for
opportunities there.
During the meeting the Costa Rican foreign
trade office, Procomer, signed a deal with
its Mexican counterpart, Proméxico, with the
objective of fomenting stronger trade
relations between the two nations,
increasing co-operation and exports.
"As you know, tomorrow (today) we will face
in the field. Many Costa Ricans have come to
Mexican soil, whispering the Mexican
ranchera that says: “y volver, volver,
volver…” (and back, back, back). But if
tomorrow (today) we are contenders, the day
after tomorrow will play again on the same
team. The day after tomorrow, we will work
together to ensure development and progress
of our nations. The day after tomorrow, we
will continue looking for better ways to
protect our people from a devastating world
economic crisis that we have created, but
which affects us with particular cruelty by
our commercial links with the United States.
The day after tomorrow, we will again be two
brotherly nations and you, the national
teams of our private sector, in charge of
ensuring greater exchange between Mexico and
Costa Rica", said Arias to his audience.
Arias added that now, more than ever, both
countries should exchange goods or end up
exchanging problems and exporting people.
The Costa Rican president invited the
Mexican businessmen to better learn the
benefits of Costa Rica to invest, a country
with no army, with a high level of education
of its people and a country who loves peace
and one of the most open economies in Latin
America and the oldest democracy in the
region.
Valentín Diez Morodo, president of Comce,
told the audience that despite a free trade
agreement between Mexico and Costa Rica,
Costa Rica only buys 5% from Mexico and
sells it only 8% of its exports.
Arias said that many governments of Latin
America have steered away free trade and
direct foreign investment, with the rhetoric
of anti imperialism and self sufficiency.
"The few countries were we believe in the
benefits of free trade, we have to be heard.
We have to deepen our economic ties and
demonstrate, even though in a time of
international crisis, it is better to walk
together than separate", said Arias.
Today, Costa Rica's "seleccion" - national
team - will face the Mexican team in the
CONCACAF elimination for a place in the 2010
World Cup.
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