World's richest man to the rescue

Telecom tycoon rescues $52 million plaza next to Mexican basilica

Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu

President Felipe Calderon inaugurated the new Plaza Mariana Oct. 12 adjacent to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, but credit for rescuing the project from budgetary and political problems went to the world's richest man, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu.