++ PAN, PRI and Green Ecologist Party senators signed an agreement to conduct a debate on oil reform during 50 consecutive days, so as to put an end to the parliamentary crisis affecting the Congress… The Broad Progressive Front rejected this proposal and continue to obstruct the legislative work of both legislative bodies by physically preventing any discussions from taking place in the chambers.
++ PRD senator Carlos Navarrete said approval of the energy bill could will not happen during the current congressional session.
++ PRI deputy Emilio Gamboa admitted that the 2009 election process is at risk if the Congress’s tribunes continue to be controlled by a group of protesting lawmakers.
++ The PRD’s elections committee did not renew the vote count after all, according to Alejandro Encinas, therefore failing to comply with a resolution by the National Guarantees Commission.
++ President Felipe Calderón and the head of the National Education Workers Union (SNTE), Elba Esther Gordillo, agreed to promote educational reform at the preschool, primary and secondary level.
++ Everything is ready for the World Economic Forum to begin meeting in Cancún, Quintana Roo.
++ Meanwhile, the United States issued another alert warning its citizens about the risks of traveling to some of Mexico’s northern cities where Mexican federal forces and narcotics traffickers are caught up in a major confrontation that can be described as “military combating.”
++ In Tamaulipas, the group known as “Los Zetas,” the Gulf cartel’s armed wing, launched a campaign to sign up new recruits. The campaign was made with a large sign in one of the most popular shopping malls – the banner was later removed.
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