MEXICO'S 2006 ELECTIONS
Mexico's elections will occur on July 2, 2006. Up until the election this page will feature summaries of current election news, as well as current events in Mexico. Stories featured will be selected from all major U.S. and Mexican newspapers. The summaries will be updated on a weekly basis. Stay tuned for "News in Mexico.."
*All news is summarized by Doris Franyutti, TBI Intern.
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Resultados de la encuesta Mitofsky sobre preferencias electorales rumbo a las elecciones federales del 2 de julio
May 4, 2006
Noticieros Televisa
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/532590.html
Wednesday evening the results for the polls conducted by Mitofsky were presented during the nightly news with Joaquín López-Dóriga. The following link will show you the entire conversation.
Acusa Madrazo a PRD de actos violentos en Atenco
May 4, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/346934.html
The Presidential candidate for the PRI-PVEM. Roberto Madrazo, accused the presidential candidate for the PRD, AMLO, of being connected with the radical groups that provoked the clash in San Salvador Atenco.
Tide in Mexican presidential election turns from leftist candidate
May 3, 2006
San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060503-1454-mexico-elections.html
The leftist former front-runner in this nation's presidential race is watching his advantage crumble to the conservative ruling-party candidate, raising doubts that Mexico will be the latest Latin America nation to veer to the left. Two months before the election, a series of polls show a steady decline for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The former Mexico City mayor is idolized by many poor Mexicans and feared by many of the rich, who worry he would set Mexico on the anti-free market path of Venezuela and Bolivia.
Respalda AMLO movilizaciones de trabajadores y migrantes
April 30, 2006
Noticieros Televisa
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/531682.html
Interviewed during his campaign through the state of Morelos, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that he supported the rally and demonstrations that workers will participate in.
Calderón duplica spots en medios
May 1, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/346180.html
Aspiring candidate for the PAN, Felipe Calderon, doubled his presence and promotion spending. From April 22 to April 28 he transmitted 4 thousand 911 commercials.
Apoya Madrazo boicot de migrantes en EU
April 30, 2006
Noticieros Televisa
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/531651.html
PRI candidate Roberto Madrazo, while in Tabasco, Mexico, that he would support the migrants' rally programmed for May 1st.
Entre el PRI, PAN, PRD, no hay diferencia: Marcos
April 30, 2006
Noticieros Televisa
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/531653.html
Marcos said that between the PRI, the PAN, and the PRD, there was no real difference because they are offering the same. He said the ones that were once in the PRI are now in the PRD or in the PAN and that politicians are changing parties like they change their change their underwear.
Sobresalen ataques en el debate
Es Mas (Televisa)
April 26, 2006
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/530451.html
The first of the two agreed debates upon the four participating candidates for the presidency is over. The only one missing was Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Los candidatos hablan del debate
Es Mas (Televisa)
April 26, 2006
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/530453.html
As the debate was over, the four presidential candidates that participated were interviewed by news anchor Joaquin Lopez Doriga.
La pelea, entre AMLO y Felipe Calderón: analistas
El Universal
April 26, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/345231.html
After the presidential candidate for the PAN, Felipe Calderon, won the first debate, a new era in the presidential race is born with the two candidates with the most friction, Calderon and AMLO, at the top.
Madrazo y Calderón se proclaman triunfadores
El Universal
April 26, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/345240.html
The presidential candidates Felipe Calderon and Roberto Madrazo, proclaimed themselves as having achieved the victory in the first debate. Each celebrated with their parties, Calderon with mariachi and Madrazo with music as well in a hotel near the World Trade Center.
El debate de ayer
El Universal
April 26, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/editoriales/34164.html
Yesterday could have been an important day for Mexican democracy. But sadly, the expectations were bigger than the results. More was expected from the participants, like the more in depth discussion about their policies, and the more positive outlook on things instead of going at each other. It seemed like they confused aggression with a debate.
Niega AMLO que ausencia en debate le afecte
El Universal
April 26, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/345329.html
The candidate for the coalition "Por el Bien de Todos" denied that his absence in the presidential debate will affect his popularity.
Mexico's presidential race suddenly looks too close to call
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 26, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060426-1137-la-pol-mexico-election.html
Mexico's presidential race is entering a two-month sprint to the finish with no clear leader, analysts said Wednesday, after former front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador fiddled away his lead by ridiculing opponents and failing to show up for a debate. Just as many, including international investors, were growing comfortable with the scenario of a clear victory for Lopez Obrador, the country now faces a potentially more conflictive scenario: a hotly contested race that might be won by a small margin on July 2.
Sube Calderón, cae AMLO
Es Mas (Televisa)
April 25, 2006
http://www.esmas.com/portada/530191.html
Ever since the campaigns for the Mexican presidency stated, the candidate for the PAN, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, had been under AMLO, candidate for the PRD. But in a poll taken today by the newspaper Reforma, Calderon showed to have a three point advantage.
Mexico's presidential front-runner promises to be no-show for first debate
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 25, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060425-1234-mexico-electiondebates.html
Mexico's first presidential debate Tuesday features four candidates and an empty chair. Enjoying a healthy lead, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decided weeks ago to skip the first of two nationally televised debates, saying he would prefer to spend time on the campaign trail. He may be regretting the decision: the leftist former Mexico City mayor has been battered by negative campaign ads branding him a coward for not debating, among other criticisms.
Mexican voters tuning out presidential campaign in disappointment over choices
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 24, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060424-1324-mexico-disappointedvoters.html
The wisecrack about conservative Felipe Calderon, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Roberto Madrazo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which long held near absolute power in Mexico, illustrates the feelings of many Mexicans toward the first presidential race since the nation restored multiparty democracy in 2000.
Contrastan datos por conteo de spots: AMLO
El Universal
April 18, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/343589.html
The IFE (Federal Electoral Institution), pointed out that the candidate for the coalition "Por el Bien de Todos", headed by presidential candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been the one to transmit the most spots (air time). Lopez Obrador said that these declarations were just an effort by the IFE to make a scandal.
Mexican leftist candidate's lead shrinks - poll
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 17, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060417-0249-mexico-election-poll.html
Mexican leftist presidential front runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's lead over his nearest rival has dropped sharply to just four percentage points, according to a new opinion poll on Monday. The survey by the daily newspaper El Universal showed Lopez Obrador with 38 percent support among probable voters ahead of the July 2 election, while conservative ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon was in second place with 34 percent.
It's Playing Out Like a Telenovela
Los Angeles Times
April 17, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-mexfilm17apr17,1,6303288.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
It would be easy to think of Luís Mandoki's "¿Quién Es el Sr. López?" (Who Is Mr. López?) as the Mexican "Fahrenheit 9/11" in reverse. Superficially, at least, the comparisons are tempting. Like Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit," "Sr. López" presents a documentary portrait of a politician who's been adulated by some and loathed by others. In "Fahrenheit," of course, that figure is George W. Bush, depicted as a bumbler reading stories about pet goats while the twin towers went up in flames.
No mas Mr. Underdog
Los Angeles Times
April 16, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-martinez16apr16,1,5002951.story
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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the leading contender to win Mexico's presidential election on July 2, just wants to run out the clock. "Easter is here, so people will go on vacation. Then the World Cup comes in June, and people will have other things on their minds," he recently told a crowd in his seductively raspy voice in the port city of Lazaro Cardenas. And why not? Lopez Obrador has remained ahead in the polls ever since Mexico's two other major parties - the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, and the National Action Party, or PAN - unsuccessfully tried barring him from the race last spring with an impeachment process for disregarding court orders as mayor of Mexico City.
Mexico's Stubborn Lack of Choices
Los Angeles Times
April 16, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mexmonopoly16apr16,1,6490581.story
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When voters tossed out the ruling party in national elections six years ago, they gave a resounding no to a continuation of a 71-year political monopoly. But in another arena in which they can wield their votes - with their pocketbooks - Mexicans continue to be frustrated by a lack of true choice.
Venezuelan diplomat accuses Mexican candidate of 'desperate lies'
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 14, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060414-1428-mexico-venezuela.html
Venezuelan and Mexican politics became further entangled Friday, when Venezuela's top diplomat here was quoted as accusing the ruling party presidential candidate of telling "desperate lies" about his country. Charge d'affaires Nestor Gonzalez - in charge of the Venezuelan embassy since both countries withdrew their ambassadors Nov. 15 - also denied allegations that his government has any ties to the campaign of the front-running leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Encuestas Electorales 2006
Es Mas (Televisa)
April 7, 2006
http://www.esmas.com/portada/sondeos_medio/
Electoral Polls for the 2006 Mexican Presidential Elections
Si Fox no deja de promocionar su imagen será destituido, advierte la Corte
La Jornada
April 4, 2006
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/04/04/007n1pol.php
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ratified, with nine votes to two, the suspension given by the Board of Deputies, which prohibits President Vicente Fox to transmit messages through television, radio, and written press, about social programs, unless approved by Congress. Fox will not be able to promote his personal image during the remainder of the time leading up to the July elections.
Conversión, fórmula que ofrece Madrazo para el sector energético
La Jornada
April 4, 2006
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/04/04/008n1pol.php
No migration agreement can be conditioned to the signature of the security document with the United States, said aspiring presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolution Party (PRI), Roberto Madrazo. Madrazo also pointed out that it is urgent to rescue the country from diplomatic disaster as well as the failures of the administration of President Vicente Fox with regard to the external politics of Mexico.
Provoca caos visita de Calderón a la Ibero
El Universal
April 7, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/340878.html
The arrival of presidential candidate for the National Action Party (PAN), Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, to the Universidad Iberoamericana, campus Santa Fe, in Mexico City, became chaotic when students began protesting his arrival.
Llaman cuatro candidatos a evitar contaminación del agua
March 21, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/337779.html
During the fourth gathering for World Water Forum the presidential candidates exposed their strategies that they will integrate into their government plan to achieve more efficient use of the liquid. Four of the five aspiring candidates attended a calling from El Universal to learn the proposed solutions to the problem that the country faces.
Candidatos darán continuidad al sector vivienda
February 28, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/333242.html
To continue with the housing programs that were initiated by the administration of Vicente Fox and looking for new mechanisms to give a greater number of houses, are the points in which the candidates with the most advantage agree on. There was a reunion held recently in New York with more than 200 national and international investors related with the housing projects.
Calderón niega que pretenda deslindarse de Vicente Fox
February 25, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/332765.html
Aspiring candidate for the PAN, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, pointed out that he will not limit his ties to the government of President Vicente Fox, although there have been some things he hasn't agreed on.
Emprenderá PRI desde marzo "campaña sin candidato"
February 25, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/332816.html
Federal Deputy Anibal Peralta indicated that starting in March the PRI would fully begin its structure to promote the vote in favor of their Presidential Candidate all over the country.
Mexico's Calderon would share power to win reform
February 24, 2006
The San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060224-1602-mexico-election.html
Mexico's ruling party presidential candidate would form a Cabinet including opposition leaders to win fiscal and energy reforms that eluded President Vicente Fox, but he would drop Fox's controversial plan to tax food and medicine, a top aide said Friday. In his economic platform, Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party offers much the same as Fox. In an oil-rich nation where half the population lives on less than $5 a day he calls for fundamental changes in taxation, labor law and energy production to generate investment and create more jobs.
Breaking down the polls
February 21, 2006
The Herald / El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/17088.html
In this and the next couple of weeks, we will see another complete round of national political preference polls on the presidential race in Mexico. A reading of the polling data in general tends to show that AMLO has the initiative on campaign issues and sets a significant part of the key agenda.
Polls: Mexico City mayor still leading in presidential race
February 20, 2006
The San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060220-1532-mexico-elections.html
Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador held onto his 2-year-old lead in the Mexican presidential race, according to polls published Monday, one month after the start of the official campaign.
Mexico's Absentee Total Low
February 17, 2006
Los Angeles Times
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-absent17feb17,1,3910575.story
Fewer than 57,000 Mexican migrants have requested absentee ballots for the presidential election. Migrants have argued that they received little information about the program. They also complained that a requirement forcing them to register for a voting card in Mexico negated the benefit of being able to cast a vote from outside the country.
Fox on Edge of Campaign Trail
February 9, 2006
L.A. Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-fox9feb09,1,7282855.story
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Though long-held traditions and a strict election code preclude sitting presidents in Mexico from campaigning for their successors, Fox is clearly trying to give a boost to the candidate of his conservative National Action Party, Felipe Calderon. Mexican voters will select a new president in July. Fox's statements have turned the early stages of the campaign into a daily, cross-country debate that is not only about Mexico's economic standing, and Fox's policies, but also about the nature of presidential power.
Federal Election News Updates
Investiga Veracruz accidente en Maltrata: Fidel Herrera
Es Mas (Televisa)
April 18, 2006
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/528449.html
The governor of Veracruz, Fidel Herrera, assured that the accident, in which 57 people died when a bus fell of a cliff, took place under strange circumstances and discarded that it happened because of the conditions of the road going from Puebla to Veracruz.
Dará Sodi 980 pesos mensuales a ancianos
El Universal
April 18, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/343615.html
Demetrio Sodi, said that if he were to become the governor of the capital, he will increase the economic support to elderly people. This would mean that there would be an increment from 730 pesos to 980 pesos a month.
IFE: en el padrón, 71.5 millones
El Universal
April 6, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/341293.html
Luis Ugalde, advising president of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), informed that 95% of citizens are within the electoral count, and that 71.5 million will be able to vote in the July 2 elections. He assured that there is a solid electoral patron.
Desaparece Senado "ley seca" para comicios federales
February 21, 2006
El Universal
http://www.el-universal.com.mx/notas/332029.html
The Senate of the Republic made the law restricting the selling of alcoholic beverages ("ley seca") disappear. With 84 votes in favor, the Senate reformed the electoral law so that establishments can be open and serve alcoholic beverages.
Relocating illegal Mexican communities by going to the source
February 19, 2006
The San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060219-9999-1n19chiapas.html
Martha C. Díaz Gordillo had been given the job of getting illegal communities out of Mexico's Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas State, near Guatemala. During an appearance at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego last week, she said a joint federal-state program has managed to move or regularize the illegal communities that had been set up in the 1,278-square-mile reserve.
Current News in Mexico
Police take control following violent clashes in rebellious town outside Mexico City
May 4, 2006
The San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060504-0839-mexico-policehostages.html
In San Salvador Atenco, hundreds of federal, state and city police took control of this rebellious town early Thursday, hours after angry farmers bearing machetes clashed violently with authorities, beating officers and taking them hostage. The police made it to the central plaza in front of city hall about 7 a.m. local time (1200 GMT) after launching tear gas canisters and breaking through human barricades formed by residents, Mexican news media reported.
Alerta roja del EZLN, en apoyo a San Salvador Atenco
May 4, 2006
Noticieros Televisa
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/532550.html
Marcos declared the Zapatista Liberation Army (EZLN) in red alert and interrupted indefinitely for now his other campaign to support the land owners in San Salvador Atenco.
Mexican legal drug proposal rejected
May 4, 2006
The San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060504-9999-1n4fox.html
President Vicente Fox vetoed a controversial bill last night that would have permitted the possession of small quantities of drugs, sending the measure back to Congress after mounting criticism from the United States that his administration was backing away from drug enforcement.
Large turnout expected for May Day rally
May 1, 2006
The Herald (Mexico Edition - El Universal)
http://www.mexiconews.com.mx/18024.html
Turnout for Labor Day events is expected to be higher than normal this year as unions have a long list of grievances and their ranks will likely be swelled by activists marching to support migrants´ rights in the United States.
'Coyotes' do business in the open in Mexico
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 20, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060420-1733-wst-mexico-combatingsmuggling.html
Sidling up to migrants who arrive at the Tijuana airport and cruising the streets in border towns, "coyotes" in gold chains and dark sunglasses openly find customers for nightly scrambles across the U.S. border. Mexico's president offered to crack down on smuggling at a recent summit with President Bush. But close to 100 smuggling gangs are still operating, government officials say, in plain sight of Mexican law enforcement.
Destinarán 2 mil 100 mdp para combatir narcomenudeo
El Universal
April 18, 2006
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/343659.html
The federal and local governments will give more than two thousand one hundred million pesos to be applied to programs that are in charge of combating drug trafficking this year, as one of the primary objectives in the security policies. And the FOSEG (Public Security Fund), will also count with a total of 10 thousand 889 million pesos.
Mexico wants migrant rights in U.S., but is harsh to undocumented Central Americans
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 18, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060418-1004-mexico-mistreatingmigrants.html
While migrants in the United States have held tremendous demonstrations in recent weeks, the hundreds of thousands of undocumented Central American migrants in Mexico suffer mostly in silence. Considered felons by the Mexican government, they fear detention, rape and robbery. Police and soldiers hunt them down at railroads, bus stations and fleabag hotels. Sometimes they are deported; more often officers simply take all their money.
Many Mexican migrants secure jobs in U.S. even before crossing the border
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 15, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060415-0844-mexico-waitingjobs.html
When Pedro Lopez Vazquez crossed illegally into the United States last week, he was not heading north to look for a job. He already had one. His future employer even paid $1,000 for a smuggler to help Vazquez make his way from the central Mexican city of Puebla to Aspen, Colo.
Protesters Defend Carrying Mexican Flags
The New York Times
April 6, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Immigration-Mexican-Flags.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Hundreds of protesters gripped Mexican flags as they marched for immigration reform throughout the past few weeks. They say their display of cultural unity has been mistaken as a lack of loyalty to the United States. The displays turned off many Americans. Conservative talk show hosts admonished the protesters, while everyday people wrote angry letters to the editors of their local newspapers.
Protesters seize pumping station, cut Acapulco's water supply to protest dam project
The San Diego Union Tribune
April 4, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060404-1628-mexico-damprotest.html
About 100 radical farmers seized a pumping plant that supplies about 70 percent of Acapulco's water on Tuesday to protest government plans to build a US$1 billion hydroelectric dam, according to Miguel Angel Castro, head of the city's water commission.
Relatives of victims of Mexican 'dirty war' call for past crimes prosecutor's office to remain open
The San Diego Union Tribune
April 4, 2006
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060404-1827-mexico-dirtywar.html
Relatives of those who died or vanished during Mexico's decades-old anti-guerilla campaigns marched on the capital's central plaza to protest the closing of an office assigned to investigate governmental crimes of the past. About 35 family members, most from the southern state of Guerrero, where state repression against leftists and suspected rebel supporters was harshest, led a small procession Tuesday to the National Cathedral. The National Cathedral is next to Mexico City's famed Zocalo plaza.
Continuará Sodi con regalo de agua por dos meses
March 21, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/337878.html
The candidate for the government of Mexico City said that they will spend approximately 32 thousand pesos in distributing water in neighborhoods in Iztapalapa, Gustavo A. Madero and Alvaro Obregon. Sodi made known his plan to extend this effort to up to two and a half months.
Fox Not Shy in Touting Record
March 21, 2006
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-foxecon21mar21,1,1423407.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Inflation is tame, he said. The budget is balanced. Mexican banks, which were hit hard by the mid-'90s peso crisis, are lending again. The nation's output has more than doubled thanks in part to the North American Free Trade Agreement. Fox downplayed Mexico's dismal job creation and slipping competitiveness with China, which has surpassed Mexico to become the No. 2 supplier of imported goods to the United States behind Canada.
El gobierno de Fox promueve plan migratorio en tres periódicos de EU
March 21, 2006
La Jornada
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/03/21/018n1pol.php
In New York the Mexican government published some information offering their neighbors to the north the position adopted by the Mexican Congress regarding migration.
Slim plantea elevar tarifas a grandes consumidores
March 21, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/136405.html
Carlos Slim, the third richest man in the world, proposed to increase the price of water to businesses in the commercial sector and to the big users of the Valle de Mexico to resolve the problem of shortage and recommended to create an autonomous organization separate from the public one, to administer the management with private support.
SIP exige indagar a fondo homicidios de periodistas
March 21, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/136414.html
The Inter-american Press Society (SIP) made a demand to the Mexican state to fulfill it's obligation to guarantee the exercise of free journalism and that investigations about assassinations of journalists continue.
El PAN discutirá cambios a ley de radio y television
February 28, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/135661.html
The PAN Parliamentary group in the senate will define tomorrow their position in respect to the reforms of radio and television and will discuss a series of adaptations that were approved by the deputies one of which says that they will "encourage a real competition that guarantees efficiency in the market, look after the content and that the state helps increase radio wave freedom as a technological convergence in Mexico."
Garza praises Mexico in arrest of U.S. criminal
February 28, 2006
The Herald (El Universal)
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/17185.html
The U.S. ambassador to Mexico on Monday credited "close co operation" between Mexican and U.S. law enforcement agencies for the weekend arrest of a fugitive on the FBI's 10 most wanted list in connection with the killing of his girlfriend's 4-year-old son. Garza noted that Espinosa Dorantes, whose alleged crime was featured on the U.S. television program America's Most Wanted, is charged with burning, beating and torturing to death Luis Osvaldo Cisneros, his girlfriend's four-year-old son. The boy's body was found dumped in a park in Nashville, Tennessee on Feb. 23, 2003.
Mexican presidency says it does not endorse draft report on country's 'dirty war'
February 28, 2006
The San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060228-0901-mexico-dirtywar.html
The Mexican presidency said that it does not endorse a leaked draft of a government report on Mexico's "dirty war" alleging the government ordered soldiers to torture, rape and execute people as part of its counterinsurgency campaign from 1960 to 1980. President Vicente Fox's spokesman, Ruben Aguilar, told a news conference that the administration could not support the report because it is an unedited draft and not an official text.
Abuses detailed in report
February 28, 2006
The Herald (El Universal)
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/17182.html
A secret report prepared by a special prosecutor's office says the Mexican military carried out a "genocide plan" of kidnapping, torturing and killing hundreds of suspected subversives in the southern state of Guerrero during the so-called dirty war, from the late 1960's to the early 1980's. The report, which was not endorsed by the government of President Vicente Fox but was leaked by its authors last week, says that the genocide plan was ordered by President Luis Echeverría in 1970, and devised by Hermenegildo Cuenca Díaz, who was defense secretary at the time.
Abre PGR averiguación previa contra Marín
February 28, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/333332.html
The Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) of Mexico opened up a previous investigation to look into a law suit that PRD deputies promoted against the governor of Puebla, Mario Marin Torres and other state officials, for being involved in several offenses when they sought to imprison and harass journalist Lydia Cacho.
The week in Mexico
February 26, 2006
The San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060226-9999-1n26mexweek.html
A summary including a Presidential poll an Expatriate poll a Drug poll and several highlights of the important issues in Mexico.
Niega Fox suspensión de rescate en mina
February 25, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/332798.html
President Vicente Fox Quesada, assured families of trapped victims in Puebla that there will be a continued rescue effort and offered his full support. "The efforts were not suspended, what was needed to suspend was the work being done in the tunnel were the extremely dangerous conditions were present".
Alistan marcha contra el gobernador de Puebla
February 25, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/135545.html
Non governmental organizations, political parties, students and university academics in Puebla, declared themselves ready to take on what they call "The March of Dignity", to demand the separation of Mario Marín from his position as governor of Puebla and to demand for him to be submitted to a public trial.
No se podían arriesgar más vidas: Salazar
February 24, 2006
Es mas (Televisa Noticias)
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/515324.html
Francisco Javier Salazar, Secretary of Labor, explained that the efforts to rescue the people trapped in the mine "Pasta de Conchos", had to be suspended given the high levels of concentration of methane that was registered in the tunnels.
Alcanza Internet 32% de penetración urbana
February 23, 2005
Es mas (Televisa Noticias)
http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/514185.html
The Mexican Association of Internet (AMIPCI) revealed that the urban penetration of the internet was of 32% in 2005 in the country, while in 2004 the penetration was of 26.4%. Adriana Peña, Vice-president of Market investigation, said that the internet was considered one of the principal means of exposure and urban penetration in Mexico.
Destinarán 475 mdp más para prevenir gripe aviar
February 21, 2006
El Universal
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/135385.html
Secretary of health services, Julio Frenk Mora, announced that president Vicente Fox Quesada authorized 475 million pesos worth of additional resources to increment the reserve of vaccines and antiviral medications to treat avian influenza in Mexico, which he considers to be a threat to the health of Mexicans.
Scores Trapped After Blast at Mexican Mine
February 20, 2006
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/international/americas/20mexico.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fNews%2fInternational%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fMexico&oref=slogin
Scores of coal miners were trapped deep underground early on Sunday morning when a gas explosion caused an avalanche of rock that sealed off a mine shaft in the border state of Coahuila. An estimated 78 miners were working in the mine when the explosion and avalanche took place
Economic Data Shows Mexico Still Struggling for Growth
February 16, 2006
L.A. Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mexgdp16feb16,1,2094807.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Mexico's economy grew a sluggish 3% last year, the government announced Wednesday. Many analysts say it should be expanding twice as fast. Mexico isn't generating anywhere near the 1 million jobs it needs each year to keep up with population growth. Although there is disagreement among policymakers and analysts on what needs to be done, nearly all concur that Mexico is fast losing competitiveness and that changes are needed to roust Latin America's second-largest economy from its funk.
Mexico creates special prosecutor for crimes against journalists
February 15, 2006
San Diego Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060216-0817-mexico-journalistsattacked.html
Mexico created a special prosecutor for crimes against journalists Wednesday, but said the new office will not tackle cases involving drug traffickers or organized crime, both of which are the central sources of attacks against the media. Since 2004, at least seven Mexican reporters were killed and one disappeared.
Nitpicking on Cuba
February 15, 2006
L.A. Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-cuba15feb15,1,951100.story
The Treasury Department this month caused a minor and wholly unnecessary international incident after a group of American oil executives met with a delegation of Cubans in Mexico City. They warned the American-owned Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in Mexico City that it was violating the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act by hosting the meeting. The hotel reacted by kicking out the Cubans in violation of Mexican antidiscrimination laws. Now the hotel faces prosecution, fines and even a possible shutdown.
