AMLO talks to Mark Zuckerberg

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador I'm speaking with Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, who asked his collaboration to fulfill his promise to bring the Internet to the most remote areas of the country.

"You do not have to travel frequently abroad, we can now communicate by videoconference, so I talked to you today with Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook and shareholder WhatsApp e Instagram. The theme is to fulfill the commitment that there is internet for everyone, "wrote the president on his social networks.

In the video in which he appears accompanied by representatives of these social networks MexicoHe explained to Zuckerberg that the 20% of the population that occupies 80% of the Mexican territory are the poorest and the most marginalized and do not have access to the Internet, the government therefore seeks to extend this service to nearly 300 000 localities of the country.

"We have all the electricity network that covers 95% of the territory.We take advantage of this infrastructure to communicate through fiber optics and possibly antennas.It is a program of communication, information, improvement of the education, health, services at very low cost, not-for-profit and leaving a margin, an area that can pay for the service so that we can be self-sufficient, so we care a lot about you sharing this project with the representatives of Facebook of Mexicothere is communication. "

"If you find it interesting, we invite you to participate in order to create a company, it would be something extraordinary that Facebook will help with communication, connectivity Mexicoespecially for the benefit of the poor, this is the approach we wanted to give you and thank you for your time, "he asked.

Although the response or commitment they made was not reported, the President He has already underlined the importance of this commitment for his government.

AE