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    Press releases by USA ambassador to Mexico

    Press Releases 07
    U.S. Government Supports Rural Electrification Using Renewable Energy Sources

    Mexico City, February 23, 2007 – “Providing electricity to remote and marginal areas of Mexico changes people’s lives. Communities that before struggled in darkness now have the opportunity to become more productive. By linking renewable energy technologies with the establishment of micro-enterprises, we again highlight the power of public-private partnerships,” said U.S. Ambassador Antonio O. Garza.

    Today, the government of Guerrero and the Secretaría de Energía (SENER) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide isolated rural communities with electricity produced by solar, wind and micro-hydro sources. A joint effort of the U.S. and Mexican governments and the private sector under the U.S. Presidential Clean Energy Initiative (CEI), the pilot project will be replicated in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Veracruz and serve as a model for other states in Mexico. The project’s goal is to bring electricity to 50,000 households representing 250,000 individuals.

    The World Bank, federal, state and municipal governments, the private sector and the U.S. government have contributed over USD $110,000,000 to the effort. The U.S. Embassy alone, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided USD $700,000 in assistance.

    USAID Deputy Director Jeffery Bell, Mexico’s Secretary of Energy Dr. Georgina Kessel Martínez, and the Governor of the state of Guerrero Zeferino Torreblanca attended the event along with representatives of the World Bank, the government of Mexico, and the private sector.

    Added Garza, “Not only will these communities benefit from electricity, but with support from the private sector and access to micro-enterprises, they will now have the opportunity to become active participants in local, national and global markets.”

    http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/ep07 ... icity.html

    Beginning today, Ambassador Garza and Under Secretary Hughes are visiting the state of Chiapas to highlight U.S. government-funded activities there. The Governor of Chiapas, Juan Sabines Guerrero, is accompanying the Ambassador and the Under Secretary throughout their two-day tour.

    While in Chiapas, the Ambassador and Under Secretary Hughes met with leaders from three indigenous communities to celebrate the first use of coffee processing equipment provided by the U.S. government (Click here to read Amb. Garza's remarks at this event and at the ceremony recognizing the Conservation Coffee Alliance). They also visited with local women who are members of Alternativas Solidarias (AlSol) that provides business loans and social services to indigenous women in rural Chiapas. AlSol receives technical assistance from the U.S. government and now serves over 9,000 women. Additionally, the Ambassador announced increased U.S. government funding for Senda Sur, an information and reservation center for ecotourism (Click here to read Amb. Garza's remarks).

    On Wednesday morning, the Ambassador and Under Secretary Hughes will tour an exhibit by the American photographer Edward Curtis at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) museum in Tuxtla Gutierrez. They also will visit a photography workshop where the Under Secretary will announce a photography competition for local school-aged children.

    Before departing Tuxtla Gutierrez, the Ambassador and Under Secretary will greet indigenous students and teachers from Chiapas who received funding from the Training, Internships, Exchanges and Scholarships (TIES) program to attend community colleges in the United States.

    Ambassador Garza added: “Under Secretary Hughes will travel to Guadalajara on February 14th for the last part of her visit to Mexico. At the Mexican-North American Cultural Institute of Jalisco, she will meet with children in an English-language class and present a donation of books for young people and computer software for English language learning to add to the Institute’s resources. At the University of Guadalajara Center for Social Sciences and Humanities, Under Secretary Hughes will participate in a ceremony to inaugurate the North American Studies Center. Finally, Under Secretary Hughes will visit the Computer-Assisted Design Laboratory at ITESO University, an important university-business-government partnership.” Mexico City, February 13, 2007

    http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/ep070213Hughes.html


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    Ambassador Garza Announces a USD $2 Million Partnership between the U.S. and Mexican Governments
    Applications for new university partnerships now being accepted

    Mexico City, January 18, 2007 — U.S. Ambassador Antonio O. Garza announced a new $2 million dollar partnership between the U.S. government and the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) to increase collaboration between Mexican and U.S. higher education institutions.

    “Through the new partnership, the Embassy’s Agency for International Development and CONACYT agreed to strengthen postgraduate programs in Mexico, award over 70 scholarships, increase faculty and student exchanges, and expand joint research in the areas of science and technology,” said Ambassador Garza. “The U.S. government will fund up to six two-year university partnership projects and CONACYT will grant a total of four scholarships per project annually under their ‘Becas Mixtas’ program for a total of 48 new scholarships.”

    Applications for these new university partnerships are now being accepted. Information about the Joint Request for Applications can be found at: www.HEDprogram.org. U.S. and Mexican higher education institutions have until March 23, 2007 to apply.

    Through these partnerships, universities actively engage private-sector businesses, non-governmental organizations, Mexican government agencies, and local communities to successfully implement projects. Partners are expected to contribute additional funds or other in-kind contributions to the projects.

    “To date, 55 U.S.-Mexico University Partnerships have been established under the Training, Internships, Exchanges and Scholarships (TIES) initiative with a U.S. government investment of over $35 million dollars. These partnerships have resulted in an improved workforce, trade capacity, and competitiveness,” Ambassador Garza added. “This additional partnership will provide extraordinary opportunities for collaboration between the best minds of our two nations. Strengthening universities demonstrates our belief that higher education is the key to prosperity, competitiveness and social equality.”

    http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/ep070118CONACYT.html
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    Well didn't you know it is up the United States to improve mexico. How can the NAU work if there is such a disparity between countries. The standard of living has to go up there, the standard of living has to go down here....then we can be one big happy family

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    Amazing how we can always find enough money for other countries, and this is probably why my energy bill keeps rising so we can pay for power down south!!
    And of course we can't afford to educate our own kids any more but must make sure we educate theirs, you just get sick of it don't ya!!
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