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Weekly Report - 08 December 2011 (WR-11-49)
REGION: Firming up ties with Mexico
Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón wants to accelerate efforts to integrate southern Mexico and Central America. Speaking at the 13th Tuxtla Summit, held this week in Mexico and attended by his Central American peers, Calderón called for the “relaunch” of the Tuxtla Dialogue Mechanism and Agreement – named after the initial meeting first held in 1991. The forum, which the Dominican Republic and Belize recently joined, has so far had limited impact. Yet, the growing awareness of the need to tackle the security crisis caused by the spread of international drug-trafficking organisations (DTOs) on a regional basis, together with the imminent fruition of certain projects – most notably in the area of energy – suggest it could play an increasingly important role.
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