Outsourcers finding solution in the Americas

The Miami Herald reports:

When accountant salaries cut too deeply into the profits of his Miami hotel company, Carlos Rodriguez decided to ship his entire bookkeeping department offshore. But he didn't look far: Instead of India or China, Rodriguez set up shop in his native Costa Rica.

''I started saving money overnight,'' Rodriguez boasted of the 2001 move from South Florida to San Jose. Today, Driftwood Hospitality Management employs 15 people there and pays them about 25 percent of what they would make in the United States.

Driftwood's Costa Rican outpost places the company in the middle of a fast-growing niche within the globalization trend. While Asia attracts most of the attention -- and angst -- when it comes to white-collar jobs moving overseas, Latin America and the Caribbean have established themselves as major factors in outsourcing, too.

The offshoring saga continues.You'll want to read the whole article.