The executive director of the National Free Zone Council, Jeanette Dominguez as reported by Hoy newspaper that 14 new companies, creating 16,000 jobs had been approved by her organization. She said the CNZFE approved a new free zone park in Santiago and another in San Cristobal. She confirmed that the firings in the sector had not surpassed 7,000 and of these many were merely three-week suspensions.
