Central America Presidents to Discuss Puebla Panama Plan
The presidents of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico will meet on April 9-10 to discuss the Puebla Panama Plan (PPP), Central American officials confirmed on Friday.

During the meeting in Campeche, Mexico, also attended by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, the heads of State will confront ideas about energy, the fight against drug trafficking and other issues contained in the project.

Previously, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega questioned Uribe's participation in a meeting that resulted from Mesoamerican integration, and recalled that Colombia does not belong to that region.

Central American officials said that the presidents would discuss the possible construction of an oil refinery in the region, probably in Panama or Guatemala.

The heads of State will travel to Campeche on a plane sent by their Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderon, according to Honduran President Manuel Zelaya.

In addition to the developments in the PPP, the presidents will debate the Tuxtla Gutierrez Dialogue and Coordination Mechanism, signed on January 11, 1991.

The PPP, presented by Mexico in the beginning of the century as a regional cooperation program aimed at boosting socio-economic development in the south, also encourages the creation of infrastructures to expand trade from the north.