| Mexico is probably the most afluent of Latin America in terms of per capita income and absolute wealth. It has a higher GNP than any other Latin American country and the wealthiest Latin American (Carlos Slim). The South will be taken care of with the Plan Puebla-Panamá highway. Mexico settled a sustantial element of its foreign debt 14 years ahead of time two years ago, the economy is booming and I can count seven cranes atop highrises on the road to Cuajimalpa outside the capital. A few months ago Fox cut the ribbon at Torremayor (Latin America's tallest skyscrapper on Reforma) and a few blocks away they've already sunk the foundations of the one to surpass it next. Over 5 thousand people are directly employed by City Hall in the capital alone on roadwork (they are building an elevated periferal ringroad). Mexico invests in third world development. |