November 15, 2007 (LPAC)--Sonora, Mexico's daily newspapers carried 8-column front-page headlines Nov. 14, that Mexico's Congress earmarked 30 million pesos for the large, TVA-like Pacific-Coast water management project known as PLHINO, in the National Water Committee's budget in 2008.

A member of the Chamber of Deputies' Water Resources Committee told the press that the approval was the result of commitments made at the Nov. 9 forum on Water, Energy, Food, and the PLHINO in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora--which LaRouche's supporters organized.

The allocation marks a first step towards a project with a vision for the future, he said. Another Congressman, from the PRD, told the Pro-PLHINO Committee leaders that, although the amount is not as much as they had sought, he views the 30 million as a floor, not a ceiling for the PLHINO.