Actor and Director Mel Gibson returned to Costa Rica this week to meet with members of the President’s cabinet for over an hour in a hotel West of San Jose to discuss the potential of opening a movie production company in the country.

Costa Rica News — Mel Gibson is Back

Attending the meeting was Minister of Tourism Carlos Ricardo Benavides, Minister of Exterior Commerce Marco Vinicio Ruiz and Economy Minister Marco Vargas. Gibson appeared on Channel 13 news today to explain the purpose for this Tuesday meeting with the government officials.

Gibson, who already owns 163 hectares of land in Guanacaste, said he already sees a lot of potential in the country and wanted to discuss the facilities that are available to facilitate a movie production industry. He added that his interest in the country is due to its natural beauty, the people, stable government and good coffee.

In past meetings with President Oscar Arias, the last of which took place in October of this year, Gibson expressed an interest in helping the indigenous populations of Costa Rica.

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Filed under: Costa Rica News on December 5th, 2007