The high-level talks will thrust President Fox's tiny hometown into the international spotlight. Though it's a presidential retreat, San Cristobal is still a place where livestock meanders through the streets and townspeople see their famous citizen walk to church on Sundays. But now President Vicente Fox is now followed by a crush of media, awestruck onlookers and those who've come to petition the president. Sebastian Gutierrez Cadena traveled from Texas to shake President Fox's hand. Other's hope to bend his ear.
Natives take it all in stride.
Jose Antonio Aguilar Valdez has watched his town's transformation from a backwater village to front page news. He like most locals, works for the Fox family frozen vegetable business. Newfound fame has brought benefits to the tiny rural community. The state government paid to install more powerlines, telephone service, and even new streets. Townspeople are so proud of their native son.