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Ambassador Garza Visits Merida

On April 15 Ambassador Garza traveled to Merida where he inaugurated an exhibition of contemporary sculpture, visited the Autonomous University of Yucatan, and the Hospital General Dr. Agustin O’Horan

On the "Paseo de Montejo," Ambassador Garza, Yucatan Governor
Patricio Patron Laviada, Mayor of Merida Manuel Fuentes Alcocer, and
Lisa Vickers, U.S. Consul in Merida, among others, cut the ribbon
inaugurating an exhibition of contemporary sculpture jointly sponsored
by the city of Merida, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Yucatan (MACAY)
and the MACAY Cultural Foundation.

The Ambassador also visited the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal
Science at the Autonomous University of Yucatan, a recipient of a United
States government-funded Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholar-
ships (TIES) partnership award. In collaboration with Cornell University
and the University of Veracruz, the program supports and trains ruminant
livestock farmers and other decision-makers to respond to changes in
technologies, markets and trade policies to increase economic development
in the region.

At the Hospital General Dr. Agustin O’Horan Ambassador Garza recognized
Grupo Multisectorial de Yucatan whose pioneering work in the area of
HIV/AIDS advocacy began in 1998. Ambassador Garza congratulated Grupo
Multisectorial members whose formation was supported under the auspices
of the U.S. government. Amb. Garza also donated microscopes to the
hospital’s tuberculosis laboratory. The equipment is part of a broader
national program of cooperation between the US and Mexico totaling
approximately $17 million dollars for the control, prevention and
diagnosis of tuberculosis at the state and federal levels.

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