Opinion: In keeping a visit to Monterrey under the radar, San Antonio lost a good opportunity to showcase growing economic and educational ties.
UTSA President Taylor Eighmy and Tecnológico de Monterrey Rector David Garza sign agreements in Monterrey, Mexico, that extend the universities’ long-term collaborative relationship.If you are like me, it will come as a surprise to learn that parallel San Antonio delegations totaling 50 local leaders traveled at the end of September on official business to Monterrey, Mexico’s second largest city and the country’s industrial capital.
No media were informed of the planned visit, even though Mayor Ron Nirenberg, UTSA President Taylor Eighmy, Alamo Colleges Chancellor Mike Flores and a number of prominent business and chamber leaders were in the delegations. Even stranger, there were no post-trip press conferences or even news releases. Nada.
As a matter of fact, new nonstop flights from San Antonio to two more Mexican cities, Querétaro and Torreón, were recently announced. Weekly, there are now 85 nonstop flights to Mexican cities, including Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara, León and Cancún. Those wouldn’t exist if Mexico and Texas were not such important trading partners. Laredo, less than three hours south of San Antonio on Interstate 35, is now the busiest inland port in the United States.
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