Usually when there is a press release form the Government offices, one will think not only that the information is accurate but also well founded; never the less that was not the case with the Google initiative in Costa Rica.

Despite the fact that the Google Regional Office in Costa Rica news were all over the country in digital and printed form; Mr. Alberto Arébalos, Google’s Director of Corporate Communications and Public Announcements for Latin America, quickly contacted the people from La Nación (Costa Rica most popular newspaper) so they would know the fact that there were currently no plans at all to establish a regional office in Costa Rica.

“We are not thinking to open a new regional office in Costa Rica as of yet; but we really want to improve our relation and services with our customers in the area. “ (Mr. Arébalos stated to the newspaper reporters.)

Well I told you guys that as soon as I got news about any development on this new Google initiative I’ll let you know right? Ok, enough of that, but what about the Costa Rican Government’s Press Release? What do they have to say to that?

“It is quite clear that there was a communication problem between the members of the team, and most unfortunately that resulted in a press release that was not originally check by us” (Said Arébalos, who also mentioned the fact that they were almost immediately contacted by different companies to start with the development plan for their “new office in Costa Rica”)

As for the PR from the Costa Rica government offices, well there is really not much to say at this point; they release the PR after Costa Rica’s President Oscar Arias met with a group of Google executives in: The World Economic Forum, held in Mexico just a couple of days ago. And as we can see from the reaction of the Google team, it appears that the information was certainly incorrect.

So for the time being Costa Rica will have to wait; for now Google will keep its Latin American regional offices only on three countries: Mexico, Brazil and Argentina