Millionaire debt could cancel Mayan Train business between Cuba and Mexico

The Mayan Train project, one of the plans of the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, faces another setback as there is a million-dollar debt, a situation that would economically affect Cuba, the main supplier of ballast stone, revealed journalist Mauricio Flores .

This week the Cuban product could stop being imported for its construction, which adds to other setbacks that have delayed and made the execution of the project more expensive, Flores explained through a column in the newspaper. Central axis.

According to the article, two ships with stone ballast destined for Section 5 They have been off the coast of Quintana Roo since January, unable to unload more than a few tons, because its contractors refuse to pay a debt of eight million dollars.

Flores assured that these ships are about to set sail back to Cuba.

The conflict is due to the inability of the federal government to have a dock near Puerto Morelos with the capacity to receive ships of that draft.

In addition, López Obrador ordered the closure of the only industrial pier in the area, that of Sac-Tun, with the decision to close the Vulcan Materials mining operation due to alleged environmental damage, according to the arguments of the Ministry of the Environment.

The closure involved closing the industrial port suitable for moving two million tons of ballast required to stabilize the tracks of Section 5, Flores explained.

For its part, the closure of Sac-Tun gave rise to an international arbitration dispute in which Vulcan demands compensation of 1.9 billion dollars from Mexico, arguing that the closure of its mining exploitation responded to the interests of the Group. Vidanta, whose president is a business advisor for the Mayan Train, for building a tourist attraction complex on that site.

To make up for the lack of ballast stone, The INDI Group bought stone from Miguel Díaz-Canel, In Cuba, however, they could not find the unloading port for the ships, which is why a debt estimated at eight million dollars has accumulated.

This new delay could generate an international conflict and could affect the relationship between Mexico and Cuba. Only the management of Fonatur, the company in charge of the construction of the Mayan Train, can prevent a situation that, if not resolved, could lead to another blow to project execution times, which according to López Obrador, will come into operation next December.