By
the A.M. Costa Rica
staff
On Wednesday, the World Economic
Forum announced that President
Alvarado was chosen as a Young
Global Leader (YGL) 2019.
The Forum of Young Global
Leaders is for remarkable
leaders under 40 and was founded
to fuel new models of
leadership. Every year, the
organization seeks out change
makers with the grit, foresight,
and potential to improve the
state of the world.
"We look for individuals who
reflect global diversity,
innovate to promote the public
interest and value authentic
exchanges towards public-private
cooperation. Our team invites
them to join a five-year
program, cultivating a
generosity of spirit and the
recognition that the world can
only mirror our hopes if we work
together," said the organization
on its statement.
"Carlos [Alvarado] Quesada is
Costa Rica’s 48th President and
has made headlines for
abolishing the use of fossil
fuels in his country. He aims to
make Costa Rica the world’s
first “carbon zero” country, and
he is looking for other nations
to follow. This is just one of
the admirable examples that
Costa Rica has set for the
world," said the organization's
statement.
"I am happy that now more and
more Young Global Leaders have
high positions in governments,"
said the founder of the World
Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab.
President Alvarado said that his
"commitment is to add value and
be an active voice within the
community," after acknowledging
the recognition.
Juan Guaidó, the President of
the National Assembly of
Venezuela was also recognized as
a YGL as "has come to the fore
in a time of political and
economic crisis in his country,
taking a public oath to serve as
interim president of Venezuela."
President Alvarado continues on
his tour in the U.S. meeting
with many corporate leaders to
encourage new companies to
invest in the country and to
encourage companies that are
already in the country to
continue increasing operations
and generating new jobs for
Costa Ricans.
"We understand that the
improvement of our capabilities
as a nation and in the
preparation of more and more
Costa Ricans throughout our
country, is the key to the
companies that we meet today
continue to open more jobs and
trusting to increase their
footprint in Costa Rica," said
President Alvarado.
On Tuesday, he met with managers
of the Product, Global
Solutions, Engineering and
Economic Growth departments of
the LinkedIn Company in Silicon
Valley, California.
"Linkedin is not only a highly
interesting company in terms of
fostering a presence in Costa
Rica, but it has positioned
itself as one of the most
important training and
recruitment tools worldwide,"
said President Alvarado.
President Alvarado was also
invited to give a speech at
Stanford University about the
de-carbonization plan in Costa
Rica, which according to the
government "aims to become an
example for the world."
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World
Economic Forum
courtesy photo
The
Forum of Young
Global Leaders is
for remarkable
leaders under 40
and was founded to
fuel new models of
leadership.
On
Wednesday, the
president's
meetings continued
at Intel, where he
talked about the
company's growth
prospects. Intel
moved to Costa
Rica in 2005 and
employs 2,100
people in its two
main operations,
its Global Shared
Services Center
and the Research
and Development
Center.
The president also
met with the
directors of the
company Cloudera
Inc., where "the
mission was to
reiterate the
commitment to the
promotion of
investments in the
digital
technologies
sector," said the
Presidential House
on its statement.
Another meeting
was with
executives of the
CISCO Corporation,
a company that has
had offices in
Costa Rica for
more than 21
years. The
president then met
with executives
from Google, where
they discussed
topics about
Google's
infrastructure and
technology
offerings for
Costa Rica.
According to the
president's
agenda, on
Wednesday night he
met with Costa
Ricans who reside,
work and/or study
in Silicon Valley.
The president's
tour began Monday
in Seattle, with
meetings at
Starbucks, Amazon,
Microsoft, POP
Inc. and
MicaSense.
On Tuesday he met
with executives of
Hewlett Packard
and Linkedin, and
gave a speech at
Stanford
University.
The president is
being accompanied
on the work tour
by Dyalá Jiménez,
Minister of
Foreign Trade, and
Jorge Sequeira,
general manager of
Costa Rican
Coalition of
Development
Initiatives.
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