President Pena Nieto Trumpets Mexico's Economic Reforms at Summit of the Americas Presidency of the Republic
go to original April 13, 2015

President Enrique Peña Nieto grabs a selfie with Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, during the summit.(Presidency of the Republic)

During his participation in the II CEO Summit of the Americas, President Enrique Peña Nieto said that, “Mexico postponed several structural changes for years, but, “Some of them have now been achieved. In democracy, we achieved an agreement to implement them, and today we are concerned with materializing and implementing all these reforms, which will give Mexico greater growth and prosperity for its people.”

Within the framework of the VII Summit of the Americas, in a forum that also included presidents of the United States, Barack Obama; Brazil, Dilma Rousseff; and Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, Peña Nieto said that, “In the Mexican government, we are now implementing the reforms undertaken on the basis of the course defined for our nation, which enables more Mexicans to benefit from their creativity and entrepreneurship.”

He recalled that, after the government was the main employer in the region, “Mexico decided to open up to the world. It decided to compete with the world through its entrepreneurs. Mexico decided to participate in other global markets with its entrepreneurs.”

Likewise, he announced that 70 percent of the investment of Mexican businessmen and entrepreneurs is in Latin America and throughout the Americas region.

At the event, President of the United States Barack Obama referred to the issue of combating insecurity and violence, in which he considered that governments should act regionally rather than in isolation.

He said that on this issue, “President Peña Nieto has done an outstanding job with us, to coordinate more effectively.” He added that, “Personal safety, reducing corruption, good government and governance are economic and security issues.”

Regarding economic and regulatory issues, the US president declared: “I greatly admire the work Enrique has done in the energy sector in Mexico. It is a very sensible thing to do, but also very difficult. What he saw, and what all of Mexico recognized, is that this sector will not be efficient without the input, innovation and investment of the private sector.”

For his part, IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno, who chaired the CEO Summit, said that the Mexican president, “Has achieved in two years what many governments in Mexico failed to do in six in terms of structural reforms and changes to bring Mexico closer to this modernity, which has always been his dream.”

The president highlighted the importance and relevance for a society and its prosperity of the participation of its entrepreneurs.

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