Sunday, November 29, 2009

News Summary for November 30th, 2009

President Felipe Calderón marked the third year anniversary of his adminstration in advance of a trip to Estoril, Portugal to take part in the 19th Ibero-American summit... At the event Calderón called on all political forces, on society and his cabinet to emerge from sterile debates... He called for approval of the fiscal and political reforms that are necessary for the country...

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Speaking in Chiapas, Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont called for the foundation to be set up to spur economic growth, to strengthen institutions and achieve a fairer distribution of wealth in Mexico…

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Health Secretary José Ángel Córdova announced that a new batch of 650,000 AH1N1 influenza vaccine doses will arrive on Decvember 7… Those vaccines are also for medical staff at hospitals… He said that starting on December 20 a new batch will arrive for infants from six months to 24 months…

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The Mexico City government and the Assembly will decide what to do about the legal conflict between Rafael Acosta – known as Juanito – and Clara Brugada, his deputy whom he had left in charge… Juanito wants to take over again, but supporters of Brugada within the PRD are opposed to the move, it’s a huge political battle…
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Clara Brugada warned that there will be a shortage of services because of the politcal crisis… She said that 250,000 people in Iztapalapa lack water, and blamed it on the crisis...

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Juanito sent a letter to President Felipe Calderón asking for federal protection and said he feared there would be some kind of aggression against him…

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Classes were set to resume at 20 “bachilleres” high schools in Mexico City after striking teachers decided to end their protest…

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The chief warden of the prison in Arcelia in the Tierra Caliente region of Guerrero, Aurelio López Gonzaga, was kidnapped… He was inside a car shop in Chilpancingo having his car fixed when the kidnapping occurred...

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A judge indicted Blanca Isabel Valentina de Albornoz who is the owner of a cosmetic clinic where Alejandra Guzmán underwent a procedure to enhance her buttocks and then was hit by an infection that imperiled her life...

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