Wednesday, July 08, 2009

News Summary for July 8th, 2009


++ President Felipe Calderón called on new members of the Lower House of Congress to be open to dialogue and to reaching agreements in view of the current situation in the world economic front. He is taking part in the G8 plus G5 meeting in L’Aquila, in Italy, where world leaders are discussing solutions to the world economic crisis, global warming and ensuring food for all.

++ PAN governor´s backed Germán Martínez, after he resigned as party president after the PAN suffered defeats in Sunday’s elections.

++ Now that Germán is gone, what will happen at the PRD? Well, Alfonso Ramírez Cuellar will submit a proposal to the PRD national council to hold a referendum on whether PRD president Jesús Ortega should stay on as party chief after poor results in the polls.

++ Federal reports say 10 suspects in the ABC day care center fire in Hermosillo, Sonora, which led to the deaths of 48 infants, have fled… The Attorney General’s Office requested help from INTERPOL to locate the suspects, mainly in the United States and Canada. (Comment: Of course they were going run off… And you know what, Mexico will not get them back…It takes years to extradite someone, especially from Canada. Since they are accused of manslaughter, it will be almost impossible to extradite them…)

++ Finance Secretary Agustín Carstens said the economic crisis in Mexico has fallen to reached its most critical point and there are now clear signs of recovery. However, Deputy Bank of Mexico governor José Sidaoui said the Mexican economy shrank by 10 percent in the second quarter… He said inflation will reach 4 percent by the end of the year…

++ The State Population Council warned that 40,000 Michoacán residents will fall into extreme poverty because of the drop in remittances, unemployment and the economic crisis.

++ Two Mormon leaders in Chihuahua were executed after they led protests against kidnappings and extortion in their community, called Le Barón.

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