Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Chef´s series on Imagen News...Thierry Blouet..
Chef Thierry Blouet, founder of Café des Artistes in Puerto Vallarta, one of the best restaurants in the world, will be in Mexico City with Jared Reardon and Sonia Arias, chef owners of Jaso. All three of them will provide a extraordinary evening with a "menú de degustación" on July 7th and 8th. I interviewed Thierry on Imagen News and the description of the fares for this evening. For more info go to www.jaso.com.mx or call 5545.7476
Monday, July 06, 2009
News Summary for July 7th, 2009
++ Germán Martínez resigned as PAN national leader following Sunday’s disastrous election results for the ruling party. PRI deputy Emilio Gamboa said his party’s triumph in the polls constituted a great responsibility towards citizens who backed the PRI. And PRD chief Jesús Ortega, said he would not quit despite poor results for the party.
++ The PRI nabbed five out of six governor’s posts that were up for election on Sunday… It held on to Colima, Campeche and Nuevo León and managed to wrest Querétaro and San Luis Potosí from the PAN.
++ And in a tight race for governor in Sonora, State Electoral Council tallies had PAN ahead of PRI... PRI governor Eduardo Bours acknowledged that the ABC day care center tragedy affected the way citizens in Sonora cast their votes.
++ The PRI also swept the Chamber of Deputies, recapturing the majority from the PAN and the PRD returned to third place in number of seats.
++ According to official returns IFE confirmed that PRI garnered 36.83 per cent of votes, PAN 27.96 percent, PRD 12.23 percent, the Green Ecologist Party, 6.72 percent, the Labor Party 3.69 percent, Convergencia 2.5 percent, New Alliance 3.41 percent and the Social Democratic party only received 1.03 percent, losing its registry.
++ In Jalisco the PRI won Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque and Tonalá municipalities.
++ And in the State of Mexico, the PRI took Ecatepec, Nezahualcóyotl, Valle de Chalco, Texcoco, Chalco, Amecameca and Ixtapaluca, formerly ruled by the PRD.
It also was able to triumph in Naucalpan, Toluca, Tlalnepantla, Atizapán and Cuautitlán Izcalli that were previously in PAN hands.
++ Meanwhile in the Federal District, the PRD managed to hold on to 12 boroughs while PAN continued in power in Benito Juárez and Miguel Hidalgo and won Cuajimalpa. The PT won in Iztapalapa.
++ The PRI nabbed five out of six governor’s posts that were up for election on Sunday… It held on to Colima, Campeche and Nuevo León and managed to wrest Querétaro and San Luis Potosí from the PAN.
++ And in a tight race for governor in Sonora, State Electoral Council tallies had PAN ahead of PRI... PRI governor Eduardo Bours acknowledged that the ABC day care center tragedy affected the way citizens in Sonora cast their votes.
++ The PRI also swept the Chamber of Deputies, recapturing the majority from the PAN and the PRD returned to third place in number of seats.
++ According to official returns IFE confirmed that PRI garnered 36.83 per cent of votes, PAN 27.96 percent, PRD 12.23 percent, the Green Ecologist Party, 6.72 percent, the Labor Party 3.69 percent, Convergencia 2.5 percent, New Alliance 3.41 percent and the Social Democratic party only received 1.03 percent, losing its registry.
++ In Jalisco the PRI won Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque and Tonalá municipalities.
++ And in the State of Mexico, the PRI took Ecatepec, Nezahualcóyotl, Valle de Chalco, Texcoco, Chalco, Amecameca and Ixtapaluca, formerly ruled by the PRD.
It also was able to triumph in Naucalpan, Toluca, Tlalnepantla, Atizapán and Cuautitlán Izcalli that were previously in PAN hands.
++ Meanwhile in the Federal District, the PRD managed to hold on to 12 boroughs while PAN continued in power in Benito Juárez and Miguel Hidalgo and won Cuajimalpa. The PT won in Iztapalapa.
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Elections results: www.anamariasalazar.com and a special one hour broadcast tonight at Imagen.
I just started to blog at www.anamariasalazar.com (in both languages) and don´t forget a one hour broadcast of Imagen News radio at 23:00 hrs (central time). In Mexico City we are at 90.5 FM, for local stations check out the list at the sidebar of this blog. Also, you can listen to the show live at www.imagen.com.mx
Update: 13:00 hrs...
Esta mañana transmití por IMAGEN con mi colega Ciro Di Constanzo y uno de los entrevistados fue Luis Carlso Ugalde quién fue el Consejero Presidente del IFE durante las elecciones del 2006... Fue interesante los comentarios de Ugalde, donde el señala los grandes limitaciones de la nueva ley electoral. Le parece la ley restrictiva en terminos de libertad de expresión y coloca al arbitro (el IFE) en una posición de constante litigio con empresas, organizaciones sociales y partidos políticos. Dijo que la culpa no era del IFE, sino de los partidos políticos... Ciro pregunto si el IFE esta mas politizado que ciudadanizado. Ugalde se tarde responder y dijo que nunca hablaría mal del IFE, pero le parecía que habían limitado grandemente al IFE. Ciro concluyo, con su manera tan particular de expresarse esto es un "Moco Electoral"... Ja...
It is 8:00 am..Midterm elections in Mexico... Voting starts..Now..
I will be blogging through out the day, in English and Spanish, at www.anamariasalazar.com CNN did a nice background piece on what is at stake today... Click here
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Interamerican Human Rights Court...Justice for the daycare victims?
Should the family of the victims of the daycare center fire in Hermosillo go to the Interamerican Human Rights Court to seek justice. It may be their only option. This is the topic for this weeks column...
Injusticia nacional a justicia internacional
La justicia tendrá que venir del exterior. No hay otra opción. Está tan viciada la investigación penal del incendio de la guardería ABC en Hermosillo, que las posibilidades de que las investigaciones penales concluyan con sentencias justas son casi nulas. Los padres de las víctimas deberán recurrir ya sea a la Corte Penal Internacional o a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos para asegurarse de que la muerte de sus hijos no quede impune.
La creación de la Corte Penal Internacional, como una jurisdicción internacional de carácter subsidiario, fue para actuar contra criminales cuando el Estado no actúe o elabore una farsa para proteger a los responsables. El que México aceptara la jurisdicción de esta corte fue por demás un proceso tardado y acrobático, pues en el fondo implicaba el aumentar los estándares de la justicia penal en México, a efecto de que ningún caso mexicano pudiese llegar a esta Corte Penal Internacional. La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos es la instancia en la que individuos u organizaciones pueden recurrir ante violaciones del Estado.
En el caso de la tragedia de la guardería de ABC, podría haber jurisdicción de ambas cortes: la investigación penal parecería que se está llevando a cabo para asegurar la impunidad o castigos irrelevantes. Además, ya se habla de que ya hay violaciones de las garantías individuales, por eso la Comisión Permanente del Congreso solicitó a la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación que atraiga e investigue. Será difícil que la Corte tenga la capacidad operativa o la voluntad política de atraer este caso. ¿La alternativa para los padres? La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. To continue click here...
Injusticia nacional a justicia internacional
La justicia tendrá que venir del exterior. No hay otra opción. Está tan viciada la investigación penal del incendio de la guardería ABC en Hermosillo, que las posibilidades de que las investigaciones penales concluyan con sentencias justas son casi nulas. Los padres de las víctimas deberán recurrir ya sea a la Corte Penal Internacional o a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos para asegurarse de que la muerte de sus hijos no quede impune.
La creación de la Corte Penal Internacional, como una jurisdicción internacional de carácter subsidiario, fue para actuar contra criminales cuando el Estado no actúe o elabore una farsa para proteger a los responsables. El que México aceptara la jurisdicción de esta corte fue por demás un proceso tardado y acrobático, pues en el fondo implicaba el aumentar los estándares de la justicia penal en México, a efecto de que ningún caso mexicano pudiese llegar a esta Corte Penal Internacional. La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos es la instancia en la que individuos u organizaciones pueden recurrir ante violaciones del Estado.
En el caso de la tragedia de la guardería de ABC, podría haber jurisdicción de ambas cortes: la investigación penal parecería que se está llevando a cabo para asegurar la impunidad o castigos irrelevantes. Además, ya se habla de que ya hay violaciones de las garantías individuales, por eso la Comisión Permanente del Congreso solicitó a la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación que atraiga e investigue. Será difícil que la Corte tenga la capacidad operativa o la voluntad política de atraer este caso. ¿La alternativa para los padres? La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. To continue click here...
News Summary for July 4th...
++ Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont guaranteed there will be calm on election day on Sunday… He said he’s been informed about areas where there might be trouble, and the Army will strengthen its presence there… President Felipe Calderón called on Mexicans not to fall into apathy and to go to the polls on Sunday… He asked Mexico’s citizens not to lose faith that the country can be transformed… Calderón said that for to happen, citizens must fulfill their civic duties…
++ Senate speaker and chairman of the Congressional Permanent Committee, Gustavo Madero, said IMSS director Daniel Karam, will appear before Congress on July 6, 10 days earlier than the previous date set for his appearance to speak about the fire that killed 48 infants at a day care center in Hermosillo. (Comment: But the hearing is still going to take place AFTER the elections... I am sure they will release the names of the owners of the IMSS daycare centers this weeks. Must be politically explosive... Why wait... Mmmm who is on the list? ) The Nation’s top court, the Supreme Court, is considering whether it takes on the investigation into the Hermosillo ABC day care center fire tragedy.
++ Health Secretary José Ángel Córdova Villalobos said the A H1N1 influenza outbreak in Mexico cost the country four billion dollars, or 0.4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product.
++ There’s an Interpol request out for the arrest of Lucía Morett, the UNAM university student accused of links to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC… Morett is running for a federal deputy’s post on the Labor Party ticket.(Comment: Morett really needs to win if she is going to avoid being arrested...Must be nice to be offered a seat in congress in order to avoid a criminal trial...)
++ The Federal District Attorney General’s Office confirmed the death of four people in a botched operation to rescue a woman who had been kidnapped in Xochimilco, in Mexico City. The victims were the worman, two special agents with the anti-kidnapping force and one of the kidnappers.
++ Zacatecas state judicial authorities said that Manuel Batres Miranda, one of 53 inmates who broke out of the Cieneguillas prison, was killed during a shootout between armed groups in the town of Guadalupe last Wednesday.
++ Senate speaker and chairman of the Congressional Permanent Committee, Gustavo Madero, said IMSS director Daniel Karam, will appear before Congress on July 6, 10 days earlier than the previous date set for his appearance to speak about the fire that killed 48 infants at a day care center in Hermosillo. (Comment: But the hearing is still going to take place AFTER the elections... I am sure they will release the names of the owners of the IMSS daycare centers this weeks. Must be politically explosive... Why wait... Mmmm who is on the list? ) The Nation’s top court, the Supreme Court, is considering whether it takes on the investigation into the Hermosillo ABC day care center fire tragedy.
++ Health Secretary José Ángel Córdova Villalobos said the A H1N1 influenza outbreak in Mexico cost the country four billion dollars, or 0.4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product.
++ There’s an Interpol request out for the arrest of Lucía Morett, the UNAM university student accused of links to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC… Morett is running for a federal deputy’s post on the Labor Party ticket.(Comment: Morett really needs to win if she is going to avoid being arrested...Must be nice to be offered a seat in congress in order to avoid a criminal trial...)
++ The Federal District Attorney General’s Office confirmed the death of four people in a botched operation to rescue a woman who had been kidnapped in Xochimilco, in Mexico City. The victims were the worman, two special agents with the anti-kidnapping force and one of the kidnappers.
++ Zacatecas state judicial authorities said that Manuel Batres Miranda, one of 53 inmates who broke out of the Cieneguillas prison, was killed during a shootout between armed groups in the town of Guadalupe last Wednesday.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
News Summary for June 3rd, 2009
Thank you Mexico!!!
++ During his inaugural speech at the International Meeting on Lessons Learned from the Influenza Outbreak, President Felipe Calderón said that even though Mexico was vilified and paid a high price for saying the truth about the pandemic, the decision to be truthful saved thousands of lives. World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan paid tribute to Mexico’s leadership role in the health emergency… She said it was unclear how the influenza pandemic would develop, making it impossible to say when a vaccine against the new virus would be ready. Mirta Roses, head of the Pan-American Health Organization, acknowledged that Argentina had a slow reaction to the influenza threat… She said Argentina was more concerned about elections than about infections…(Comment: Once the WHO declared the AH1N1 influenza a pandemic, it made it impossible for the PRD and the PRI to use the President´s decisions to literally close- down the country as a political liability against the PAN…)
++ Senate speaker Gustavo Enrique Madero, announced that IMSS director Daniel Karam, will appear before Congress on July 16 to speak about the case of the tragic fire in the ABC day care center in Hermosillo that claimed the lives of 48 infants. (Comments: Why wait so long to call for this hearing… Could it have to do with the elections?)
++ IFE council chairman Leonardo Valdés Zurita, said IFE is ready for midterm elections set for Sunday… The IFE chief urged citizens to go to the polls. He also asked parties to respect the campaigning ban now in place…(Comments: I have to admit it is kind of nice not to have to put up with the stupid political ads on TV and radio.)
++ Business leaders said they were confident that once elections are over, parties will concentrate on building the necessary accords to move forward in approving pending structural reforms.
++ Two rubber wheels on an Aviacsa plane were damaged upon landing at the Mexico City airport… No one was hurt…(Comment: Scary stuff…)
++ The Mexican army arrested Fabián Ortega Piñón, lead singer for the “El Halcón de la Sierra” group. The arrest took place in Ensenada, Baja California. Ortega Pinón is accused of being linked to a criminal organization headed by Teodoro García Semental, “El Teo”.
++ During his inaugural speech at the International Meeting on Lessons Learned from the Influenza Outbreak, President Felipe Calderón said that even though Mexico was vilified and paid a high price for saying the truth about the pandemic, the decision to be truthful saved thousands of lives. World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan paid tribute to Mexico’s leadership role in the health emergency… She said it was unclear how the influenza pandemic would develop, making it impossible to say when a vaccine against the new virus would be ready. Mirta Roses, head of the Pan-American Health Organization, acknowledged that Argentina had a slow reaction to the influenza threat… She said Argentina was more concerned about elections than about infections…(Comment: Once the WHO declared the AH1N1 influenza a pandemic, it made it impossible for the PRD and the PRI to use the President´s decisions to literally close- down the country as a political liability against the PAN…)
++ Senate speaker Gustavo Enrique Madero, announced that IMSS director Daniel Karam, will appear before Congress on July 16 to speak about the case of the tragic fire in the ABC day care center in Hermosillo that claimed the lives of 48 infants. (Comments: Why wait so long to call for this hearing… Could it have to do with the elections?)
++ IFE council chairman Leonardo Valdés Zurita, said IFE is ready for midterm elections set for Sunday… The IFE chief urged citizens to go to the polls. He also asked parties to respect the campaigning ban now in place…(Comments: I have to admit it is kind of nice not to have to put up with the stupid political ads on TV and radio.)
++ Business leaders said they were confident that once elections are over, parties will concentrate on building the necessary accords to move forward in approving pending structural reforms.
++ Two rubber wheels on an Aviacsa plane were damaged upon landing at the Mexico City airport… No one was hurt…(Comment: Scary stuff…)
++ The Mexican army arrested Fabián Ortega Piñón, lead singer for the “El Halcón de la Sierra” group. The arrest took place in Ensenada, Baja California. Ortega Pinón is accused of being linked to a criminal organization headed by Teodoro García Semental, “El Teo”.
News Summary for June 2d, 2009
++ President Felipe Calderón, his Colombian counterpart de Álvaro Uribe and newly-installed Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, agreed to establish a “grand alliance” to fight and defeat organized crime.
++ The Attorney General’s Office said that criminal legal action has been taken against another nine people in connection to the fire in the ABC day care center in Hermosillo, Sonora, that led to the deaths of 48 infants… Those charged include public servants from IMSS – the Mexican Social Security Institute – as well as private citizens who are accused of wrongful homicide.
++ Congress’ Permanent Committee approved a measure to request that the Supreme Court begin an investigation into the ABC day care center fire… The Committee also requested that IMSS director general Daniel Karam, provide a list of all privately-owned day care centers that are part of the IMSS nursery system.
++ All political campaigning was set to halt as mid-term elections approach on Sunday… No party or candidate will be allowed to conduct campaign acts… Mass media will also be banned from broadcasting polls, surveys and statistical studies until 8 p.m. on Sunday.
++ Experts forecast that the state of the economy in the second quarter in Mexico will be the worst in its history, showing a 9.45 percent annual contraction. Negative growth is expected to be greater than in 1995, when Gross Domestic Product shrunk 9.2 percent.
++ Finance and Budget committees said the 2010 Spending Budget will be restricted, in view of falling petroleum prices and fiscal revenues.
++ Two underground explosions rocked Mexico City’s historic quarter… Authorities ordered the evacuation of buildings and stores… No one was reported hurt… Authorities suspect the explosions were caused by a short circuit in underground electricity cables.
++ The Attorney General’s Office said that criminal legal action has been taken against another nine people in connection to the fire in the ABC day care center in Hermosillo, Sonora, that led to the deaths of 48 infants… Those charged include public servants from IMSS – the Mexican Social Security Institute – as well as private citizens who are accused of wrongful homicide.
++ Congress’ Permanent Committee approved a measure to request that the Supreme Court begin an investigation into the ABC day care center fire… The Committee also requested that IMSS director general Daniel Karam, provide a list of all privately-owned day care centers that are part of the IMSS nursery system.
++ All political campaigning was set to halt as mid-term elections approach on Sunday… No party or candidate will be allowed to conduct campaign acts… Mass media will also be banned from broadcasting polls, surveys and statistical studies until 8 p.m. on Sunday.
++ Experts forecast that the state of the economy in the second quarter in Mexico will be the worst in its history, showing a 9.45 percent annual contraction. Negative growth is expected to be greater than in 1995, when Gross Domestic Product shrunk 9.2 percent.
++ Finance and Budget committees said the 2010 Spending Budget will be restricted, in view of falling petroleum prices and fiscal revenues.
++ Two underground explosions rocked Mexico City’s historic quarter… Authorities ordered the evacuation of buildings and stores… No one was reported hurt… Authorities suspect the explosions were caused by a short circuit in underground electricity cables.
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