Former President Fox Plans to Develop "Foxilandia"
 Associated Press
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox and his wife have presented plans to convert a small rural community in Fox's central home state of Guanajuato into a major tourist attraction complete with a museum and five-star hotel, Mexican news media reported Saturday.
The proposed development, which the newspaper Reforma dubbed "Foxilandia," or "Foxland," would be located in San Cristobal, a rural community of 2,500 people where Fox has his ranch, Reforma and the news agency Notimex reported.
The complex also would include a museum, library, commercial center and a so-called postgraduate Center for Democracy Studies, the news reports said.
"It is an ambitious project that will permit San Cristobal to have national and international prestige, in addition to converting it into a tourist attraction," Antonio Salvador Garcia, an area mayor who said he attended a private meeting on the project with Fox and others last week, told Reforma.
Garcia said Fox, who is married to former first lady Marta Sahagun, asked for the support of city and state authorities, and received a favorable response.
"We'll help them as much as we can, according to our abilities," Garcia said, according to Reforma.
Guanajuato Gov. Juan Oliva Ramirez confirmed his attendance at the meeting, but said "no concrete support has been decided" for the project, Reforma reported.
A total cost for the project was not discussed at the meeting, said Garcia, who added that Fox plans to construct and inaugurate the first phase of the project — a building that will house the library, museum and study center — this year. |
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