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From: "Dana Aldea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Universal,Refinery plan tops agenda in PPP report,Apr 11 Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:54:52 +0200 Refinery plan tops agenda in PPP report Mexico, Colombia and seven Central American nations wrapped up a 24-hour summit Tuesday by issuing a nine-point plan for revitalizing the regional development alliance known as the Plan Puebla Panama, or PPP El Universal Mie'rcoles 11 de abril de 2007 Mexico, Colombia and seven Central American nations wrapped up a 24-hour summit Tuesday by issuing a nine-point plan for revitalizing the regional development alliance known as the Plan Puebla Panama, or PPP. "Latin American integration is not a dream," President Caldero'n said at the gathering in the capital of Campeche state. "As our Octavio Paz saw, it's a reality that we're constructing day by day." The major specific achievement of the summit was an agreement to pursue a region-wide oil refinery, which will be located in an as-yet undetermined Central American country. Officials say four companies have expressed interest in bidding on the project. The project had been planned to process 230,000 barrels of oil a day when it was first proposed by President Vicente Fox in 2001, but it is now scaled down to 80,000 barrels per day. The more modest goal, Caldero'n said, reflects reduced expectations for crude production in Mexico in coming years. Most of the oil that would be refined in the planned facility will come from Mexico. The nine PPP nations also agreed to organize cooperative efforts in fighting drug trafficking and other organized crime, especially along the borders shared by member nations . "We're facing international organized crime that requires us to organize against an enemy that knows no borders," Caldero'n said. Such cooperation, Caldero'n said, means sharing information among the nations' law enforcement agencies and state departments. All nine countries agreed, however, that the efforts would fall short without more participation by the United States in combating drug trafficking outside its own borders. Security personnel around the summit site far outnumbered the approximately 50 demonstrators who came to protest. The city's hotel zone and convention center were cordoned off by no fewer than five lines of police officers and military troops, with reinforcements standing by in two trucks belonging to the Army and the Navy. Sharpshooters in camouflage garb were stationed on several hotel rooftops in the zone. http://www.mexiconews.com.mx/miami/24187.html -- To unsubscribe from this list send a message containing the words unsubscribe chiapas95 (or chiapas95-lite, or chiapas95-english, or chiapas95-espanol) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Previous messages are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html or gopher to Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Economics, Mailing Lists.
