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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | February 2007 
Mexican Prez Slams US Border Wall
 Prensa Latina
| | Mexico's President Felipe Calderon receives a Mexican flag during the ceremony to mark the Flag Day in Mexico City, Saturday Feb. 24, 2007. (AP/Eduardo Verdugo) |
At a meeting with a bilateral entrepreneurial organization Tuesday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the 745-mile, 1.3 billion dollar border wall the US is building to prevent illegal immigration from Mexico.
Calderon spoke to applause from US businesspeople, in front of US Ambassador to Mexico Antonio Garza, when he said it would be more useful to build a mile of road in Zacatecas, Michoacan and Jalisco than a wall on the northern border.
Calderon took advantage of Garza s presence at the American Chamber-Mexico meeting, which represents, promotes and develops trade and investment between the two countries, to send a message to President George W. Bush and the NAD Bank.
He demanded that the bank, which operates with Canadian and US funds, and the president reduce restrictions and boost cooperation.
Calderon declared himself in favor of turning Mexico into the fifth emerging nation with majority foreign investment, which is a path to development respecting democracy and public security.
Calderon s statements came at the opening of the Sixth National Convention of the American Chamber of Commerce, in response to demands for reform made by Simon Diaz Avalos, head of this oldest entrepreneurial organization outside the United States. |
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