Maya Train will connect Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize

Carolina Álvarez
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In a meeting between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum; the presidents of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, and Belize, Jonny Briceño, the collaboration of railway transport that will travel through three Latin American countries was announced.

“Nuestras conversaciones hoy son testimonio de este renovado compromiso con la colaboración, en beneficio del bienestar de nuestros pueblos, en ese sentido, valoramos muchísimo las iniciativas de México que buscan la interconexión ferroviaria entre ambos países, estamos listos para ella conectar el Tren Maya con Guatemala y con Belice”,

afirmó el mandatario de Guatemala.
The Guatemalan leader said that the project to connect the three countries is a shared and agreed vision to promote the start of trilateral negotiations, “as well as the respective feasibility studies”.

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Also, the three rulers signed a memorandum of understanding this Friday for the creation of the Biocultural Corridor of the Great Mayan Jungle, a trinational project that seeks to preserve more than 5.7 million hectares, as one “of the last lungs of the planet and living heritage of the Mayan peoples“. President Sheinbaum recalled that this is the first time the three heads of state have met for a common environmental goal.

“Podemos convertir nuestras coincidencias geográficas, culturales y sociales en una alianza sólida que coloque al centro la dignidad de las personas, la defensa de la naturaleza y la visión compartida de un futuro sustentable”,

afirmó l amandataria.
The new corridor will encompass 0.6 million hectares in Belize, 2.7 million in Guatemala, and 2.4 million in Mexico, making this trinational reserve the second largest on the continent after the Amazon.
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