The Galeón to Mexico City to meet with heads of relevant institutions to lobby for support for the project to build a galleon museum. Talks with the National Archives of Mexico, Colegio de Mexico, National Autonomous University of Mexico and Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí to discuss on a research collaboration with Philippine universities and academics. Mexican firms Grupo Carso of Carlos Slim Helú, FEMSA, and Cemex as well as Guerrero State government stated that they will back the galleon museum project. The plans to build a galleon museum were supported by Mexican politicians and figures such Margarita Zavala, First Lady
The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music includes the musical biographies and discographies of 300 musicians in the Tejano, norteno, conjunto, grupo, mariachi, trio, tropical/cumbia, vallenato, banda, and regional Mexican music, and are listed alphabetically. The music guide also includes a glossary and Burr's "top 10" albums and singles of various regional Mexican music genres. The guide also includes an essay on the evolution of Tejano and regional Mexican music. The music guide was published in 1999, a period when Latin music entered the popular market and during the end of the 1990s Tejano music renaissance era. In the 1990s, Tejano music became one of the fastest-growing