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Latin American Economy & Business - September 2018 (ISSN 1741-7430)

Mexico: Questions over AMLO’s Maya train project

Presidents often have pet projects. For Mexico’s outgoing Enrique Peña Nieto it has been the US$13bn-plus new Mexico City international airport. President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) doesn’t share that enthusiasm. He has questioned its value and suggested that there should be a public consultation in October on whether to drop it. But is AMLO’s alternative – a US$6.2-US$7.8bn tourism-focused rail project in the Yucatán peninsula, known as the Tren Maya – going to offer better value for money? Opinions are divided.

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