Calderon makes Cuba debut

By Tom Darin Liskey Houston

 04 April 2012 20:44 GMT

Outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderon will make his first trip to Cuba on 11 April to ­discuss issues including potential shared oil reserves in the easternmost Gulf of Mexico.

Calderon will also visit Colombia, where he will attend the Americas Summit in Cartagena.

The official notice to the Senate indicated that Calderon — who is limited to a six-year term as president — hopes to expand dialogue between both nations. Mexicans go to the polls in July to elect a new leader.

“In the encounter, we will talk about political and migratory ­affairs, exploitation of joint oil ­resources, trade and investment, human rights, and Latin American and Caribbean regional integration,” the notice read.

Calderon was referring to a long-neglected accord between Mexico, Cuba…

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