Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexican president pitches universal internet in chat with Zuckerberg

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he spoke with Facebook Inc’s Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, inviting the social media tycoon to partner with him in a bid to promote universal internet access in Mexico.

Lopez Obrador posted on both Facebook and Twitter a short clip of his video conference with Zuckerberg in which the president notes that a fifth of Mexico’s population does not have internet access and that he would like better connectivity to help improve social conditions, especially among the poor.

“This is a program to communicate, inform, improve education, health at a very low . . .

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