Summit Of
Tuxtla Group In Costa Rica on Wednesday
The Secretary General of the Organization of
American States ( OAS ), José Miguel Insulza,
will travel tomorrow to Costa Rica to attend
the XI Summit of the Tuxtla Mechanism of
Dialogue and Concertation, to be held until
Wednesday, July 29 in the city of
Guanacaste.
President Óscar Arias of Costa Rica will
host a meeting that will be attended by
President Felipe Calderón of México,
President Álvaro Colom of Guatemala,
President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador,
President Ricardo Martinelli of Panama and
President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia,
according to the Costa Rican Ministry of
Foreign Relations.
Also confirmed are Rafael Alburqueque, Vice
president of the Dominican Republic, and
Gaspar Vega, Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Natural Resources and the
Environment of Belize.
The Tuxtla Mechanism of Dialogue and
Concertation was adopted at the Summit of
Presidents of Central America and Mexico
held in January, 1991 in Tuxtla, Mexico. It
represents a forum for consensus building,
political dialogue and cooperation.
The mechanism includes Belize, Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Panama, Mexico and Dominican Republic (
Observer ). Colombia takes part in the
Mesoamérica Project.
The OAS Secretary General is scheduled to
return to Washington, DC on Thursday, July
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