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LAREDOS REGION

Influence Circle of the Laredos Region

Historically and geographically, our “Laredos Region” has been strategic and fundamental to the North American economy.
To visualize this importance in a simple way, let’s imagine placing the point of a compass in “Los Dos Laredos” and then
opening it 500 kilometers (310 miles). This area (as we see in the attached illustration) is located in southern Texas, two-thirds
of Tamaulipas, and the entire states of Coahuila and Nuevo León.

In this region we find more than 21 million people, as well as vast energy and mineral wealth; air, sea and land ports industrial,
commercial, agricultural and research and development centers, world-class companies expert in logistics and global
trade; banking specialized in foreign trade and the energy sector; world-class universities, hospitals and tourist destinations;
competitive and competent human resources, as well as a stable climate and closeness to the rest of North America and the
world.

The productive sectors of these four large
and important states are located in this
region of influence, whose central node is
the “Laredos Region”.
This “Circle of Influence” concept was
originally developed in 2014 by María Eugenia
Calderón-Porter, Vice President of the Office
of Global Initiatives / Binational Center of
Texas A&M International University. The focus
of this concept is to be able to observe the
diversity of high-level professional skills in
that region. If the measure of this space is
taken and applied to any other headquarters
in the world, it will be difficult to find the
same diversity of services, specialized human
resources and experience in logistics.

Since then the circle has been used
repeatedly around the world to symbolize
the importance of the “Laredos Region”, as
well as the great competitiveness, capacity
and talent of its people, companies and
organizations.

Source: Texas A&M International
University Office of Global Initiatives

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