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REGION: PLAN PUEBLA-PANAMA HAS ENCOUNTERED MORE OBSTACLES THAN MEXICAN PRESIDENT EXPECTED.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 30-MAY-02
Format: Online - approximately 856 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Almost two years after Mexican President Vicente Fox first proposed a project for regional economic development and integration between Central America and Mexico, known as Plan Puebla-Panama (see SourceMex, 2001-07-11) his government has encountered more obstacles to the plan than initially expected. The main objective of the plan is to attract new investment to southern Mexico and Central America by building highways, railways, gas pipelines, and electric power lines connecting south and southeastern Mexico with the countries of Central America. Florencio Salazar, coordinator of the plan, has tacitly acknowledged that his government has not sufficiently convinced people of the plan's value.

Salazar said the chief weakness is the lack of information, so the general population does not know what the objectives of the plan are. With better...

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