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April 25, 2006—World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz arrives at Mexico City International Airport.
"As the largest economy in Latin America, and one of the largest of the successful developing country economies, Mexico is a very important partner for the World Bank...We are most aware that Mexico is a country with many successes and many remaining challenges, and I am interested in learning about both...Clearly, Mexico has accomplished successful economic stability in the ten years since the financial crisis of 1995, and it has made some real gains in trade competitiveness." --Paul Wolfowitz
This is Mr. Wolfowitz's first trip to Mexico and second to Latin America as World Bank President.
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April 25, 2006—World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz speaks with journalists at Mexico City International Airport.
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April 25, 2006—World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz shakes hands with Mexico's President Vicente Fox at the Presidential Residence of Los Pinos.
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April 25, 2006—World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz speaks to the media at the Presidential residence of Los Pinos after meeting with President Vicente Fox.
Photo: © World Bank / Adam Wiseman
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April 25, 2006—World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz speaks to the media at the Presidential residence of Los Pinos after meeting with President Vicente Fox.
Photo: © World Bank / Adam Wiseman
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April 25, 2006—IFAI staff member shows Mr. Wolfowitz how to obtain information which is accessible to the general public.
Mexico has shown strong commitment to enhancing transparency and accountability. In June 2002, it became one of the first countries in Latin America to pass a Freedom of Information Act.
Photo: © World Bank / Adam Wiseman
 Federal Institute for Access to Information | |  | MEXICO CITY, MEXICO [HI-RES]
April 25, 2006—Vera Sisniega from the Academia Moralense de Derechos Humanos; A human rights NGO. Access to information from IFAI has allowed her to defend the environment in her home state. She believes that access to information can only be completely effective if it then leads to citizen participation.
Photo: © World Bank / Adam Wiseman
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April 25, 2006—Jose Miguel Osorno Carrasco, the leader of the Asamblea Nacional de Braceros (The National Assembly of Migrant Farm Workers), comes from the state of Tlaxcala. Here he tells how information acquired from IFAI has led his organization to discover those responsible for the theft of the group's life savings of millions of dollars.
Photo: © World Bank / Adam Wiseman
Federal Institute for Access to Information | |  | MEXICO CITY, MEXICO [HI-RES]
April 25, 2006—Don Hermenegildo Vazquez Aguatzi, a member of the Asamblea Nacional de Braceros (The National Assembly of Migrant Farm Workers), comes from the state of Tlaxcala. Here he tells how information accured from IFAI has led his organization to discover those responsible for the theft of the group's life savings of millions of dollars.
Photo: © World Bank / Adam Wiseman
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