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Acting Together
We Are Stronger. Acting Together We Succeed.
Op-Ed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez
and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff published
in Spanish by Mexican daily El Universal: “It is our good fortune to be bordered by unique and sovereign
nations that are democracies, allies and friends. Through
meetings like the one this week in Mexico, common solutions
to our challenges can be found that will bring about a better
tomorrow for the people of Canada, the United States and Mexico.”
Cooperation on the National Infrastructure Program Means
Opportunity for U.S. and Mexican Business
February 14, 2008 - Garza: “From February 26 to 28,
the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is coordinating
the U.S. and Mexico: Building Partnerships in Infrastructure
Conference. We are hosting this conference in Mexico City
to give an opportunity to American companies to find partners
in Mexico as part of President Calderon’s visionary National
Infrastructure Program.”
Ambassador Garza Promotes Travel to the U.S. at the Expo
Vacaciones Tourism Fair
February 12, 2008 - Garza: “Expo Vacaciones gives
tourism professionals the latest information on travel destinations
in the United States.... But tourism
also represents a unique medium for people-to-people exchange,
improving the ties of friendship and common values that exist
between our countries.”
Special Events during February “Prosperity Month”
February 6, 2008 - Garza: “Prosperity is... creating opportunities
for citizens, working for a secure environment, providing
full employment, and assisting those only marginally involved
in the economic life of their country to participate fully.... February is ‘Prosperity Month’ and during this period
the U.S. Embassy will be involved in a variety of activities
to meet these goals on both sides of the border.”
Remarks by Ambassador Garza at the 90th Anniversary Of the American Chamber of Commerce
November 15, 2007 – “Tonight,
I’d ask you to raise a glass and join me in asking God to
bless not only the United States, Mexico, and the American
Chamber, but also to continue to give strength and courage
to those who are committed to building bridges of understanding
between our two countries, not walls of separation.”
U.
S. Treasurer Anna Cabral’s Visit to Mexico Highlights Cooperation
for Access to Financial Services
August 1, 2007 – Garza: “These services, which provide
saving and credit opportunities, are the pillars of financial
independence. Bringing these services to everyone throughout
Mexico is critical for supporting social and economic development,
eliminating poverty, and encouraging entrepreneurship.”
The State of Hidalgo Creates a Brighter Financial Future
May 11, 2007 – Garza: “I congratulate the State of Hidalgo for its innovative and successful debt restructuring through certificate sale this week.... The United States government is particularly pleased to have provided technical assistance through our Global Development Alliance partner Evensen Dodge. The vision and leadership of Governor Osorio Chong and state officials were instrumental in achieving this milestone.”
U.S. Secretary Paulson Visits Successful Example of U.S. Embassy Project Promoting Small Businesses
April 24, 2007 — Garza: “Through the promotion of micro, small and medium-sized businesses, Mexico can grow its economy to provide employment for its own people. I believe strongly in this idea and hope that the cooperation that exists today between the Embassy, the Mexican people, and the financial sector will continue until all Mexicans have the opportunity to support their families and pursue their dreams for the future here in Mexico.”
Ambassador Garza Visits Monterrey and Matamoros
June 22, 2006 - This morning at Banorte headquarters in Monterrey, U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza and Banorte Director General Luis Peña Kegel, signed a cooperative agreement to expand access to financial services for members of Pronegocio, a Banorte subsidiary. The U.S. Embassy, through its Agency for International Development, provides technical assistance to Pronegocio.
Hewlett-Packard of Mexico and the Mexican firm Patronato Pro Zona Mazahua receive the Partnership for Prosperity Good Partner Award From the United States and Mexico
June 15, 2006 – “Partnerships between socially responsible businesses and the public sector are the key to prosperity. By giving the Award... we are acknowledging the positive role companies on both sides of the border are playing by investing in Mexico’s future and in Mexico’s most important resource, its people,” said U.S. Ambassador Antonio O. Garza.
United States Gives Grants Totaling US $1.5 Million to Mexican Savings Banks and Farm Finance Organizations, to Promote Financial Literacy and Help Rural Communities
April 28, 2006 – Garza: “The grants we are issuing today to Mexican banks and farm finance institutions are important steps towards our goal of bringing the benefits of the marketplace to small and mid-size farmers, businessmen, and entrepreneurs.”
United States Will Donate US $1.3 Million to Improve Multimodal Transportation and Strengthen Mexico’s Economy
April 27, 2006 – Garza: “Speeding up car and truck travel will benefit all three NAFTA countries. The United States is making a sound investment by providing the funds and technical assistance Mexico needs to take an important country-wide transportation plan off the drawing board and make it a reality.”
U.S. Government Helps Promote the Exchange of Ideas Among State Treasurers
April 27, 2006 – Ambassador Garza: “Shared prosperity is the promise NAFTA holds for the people of North America, and close cooperation between state government treasurers in the United States, Mexico, and Canada is one important step towards achieving that goal.”
U.S. Government Supports Energy Workshop for Rural Electrification
February 22, 2006 - Garza:“The demand for electrical power is rising dramatically throughout the globe and making energy cheap, clean, and available will be a major challenge. Mexico’s energy future will include alternative power, to be generated in the countryside. Our support for a workshop on renewable energy is an investment in Mexico’s future.”
U.S. Ambassador Garza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Snow Announce Grant of $1.5 Million to Support Mexico’s Largest Savings & Credit Cooperative
December 15, 2005 - “Mexico’s economy, and its future, depends on the strength of its small businesses. The United States is pleased to give this partnership grant that will go a long way towards supporting Mexican microenterprises and the deserving entrepreneurs who lead them,” said U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza and Treasury Secretary John W. Snow.
U.S. Government Honors Michoacán State Treasurer Humberto Suárez
July 28, 2005 - “When U.S. and Mexican state treasurers come together to discuss their work, that’s a partnership for prosperity,” said U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza.
U.S. Government Provides $10 Million to Support Small Entrepreneurs
July 22, 2005 - The U.S. government is expanding its support for the micro-finance sector in Mexico with a new five-year $10 million program that seeks to reach a minimum of 500,000 new clients.
Ambassador Garza: $570 million in New Investments Shows Partnership is Working
February 21, 2005 - “The Partnership for Prosperity that Presidents Bush and Fox launched just over three years ago has led directly to the 570 million dollars in financing for new investments announced by the United States government,” U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza said during the visit to Mexico of the head of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).
U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity Launches New Initiatives
Several new initiatives to promote economic development in Mexico, as well as the winners of the inaugural Good Partner Award (GPA), were announced during a two-day entrepreneurial workshop of the U.S. - Mexico Partnership for Prosperity (June 29, 2004)
Senior U.S. and Mexican officials and corporate executives celebrate ongoing successes of the U.S. - Mexico Partnership for Prosperity
More than 650 U.S. and Mexican entrepreneurs and government officials met to discuss North American competitiveness and to explore business opportunities in housing, finance, rural development, information technology and infrastructure. (June 28, 2004)
Ex-Im Bank announces bilingual webpage portal for Mexico
Mexican companies seeking financing to purchase U.S. goods and services can now access information on the financial products of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) directly from a new Mexico portal that has been added to the agency's Web site at www.exim.govindex-es.html. A Spanish version of Ex-Im Bank's entire Web site will be available later this summer.
(June 28, 2004)
Sustaining Partnerships
The Bush Administration believes that partnerships between donor and developing countries, international agencies, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and other stakeholders must be a critical component of a global strategy for countries seeking to fight poverty and provide economic opportunities for all their people.
These four articles serve as a brief guide to how public-private partnerships are formed, the basis for their success, and how countries that wish to benefit from partnerships can best form and sustain them.
Entrepreneurial Workshop in San Francisco, Cal.
On June 9 and 10, 2003, investors and business owners from both countries met with university leaders, leading non-governmental organizations and government experts to discuss investment and financing opportunities in Mexico.
Joint statement by the Presidents of the United States and Mexico at the end of their meeting in Monterrey on March 22, 2002
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