The Mesoamerica Project (formerly Puebla-Panama Plan) is a
political and economic space that expresses the efforts of cooperation, development, regional trade, and integration of ten Mesoamerican countries: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
The main objective of the Mesoamerica Project is to facilitate the project management and implementation to improve the quality of life of the Mesoamerican population (226 million people).
The Mesoamerica Project comprises a portfolio of 100 projects and 8 billion dollars in investments in the fields of human development, sustainable development, energy, telecommunications, Trade Facilitation, natural disaster prevention and
Logistics
The International Network of the Mesoamerican Highways is the Mesoamerica Project's signature programme in the
transportation sector. Its objective is to reach the full physical integration and guarantee the smooth flow of products and passengers by shortening travel distances on north-south and coast-to-coast routes (Road Transport)
The International Network of the Mesoamerican Highways is rehabilitating 13,000 kilometers of roads, including two major corridors (Pacific and Atlantic), tourism route, inter-oceanic corridors and a series of feeder roads and connections. It will also introduce international rules and standards for vehicular transit
More than 95% of the Foreign Trade in the Mesoamerican region (6 billion dollars) is transported using the Pacific Corridor
International transit of products has allowed cutting average border crossing time from 60 minutes to 8 minutes at El Amatillo
customs office, on the border between El Salvador and Honduras