Monday, September 05, 2011

News Summary for September 5th, 2011


­PAN politician Josefina Vázquez Mota said she will step down on Tuesday from her position as leader of PAN deputies to seek her party’s nomination for the presidency…
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Senator Manlio Fabio Beltrones called on his fellow lawmakers to approve political, fiscal and security amendments to move forward in attacking corruption and impunity.
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The Monterrey Human Development secretary Miguel Ángel García Domínguez was caught on video together with the brother of the mayor, Manuel Jonás Larrazabal, negotiating the re-opening of the Red Casino with its owner, Sergio Gil. Civil groups and citizens gathered together at the Macro-plaza to demand that Nuevo León Governor Rodrigo Median and Mayor Fernando Larrazabal resign… Their slogan was “Monterrey Says Enough”.
The Catholic Church charged that behind the tragedy in the Casino Royale lie not only criminals, but also public servants who fail to carry out their tasks.

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Heavy rains over the last few days left a slew of damage in several states among them GuerreroOaxaca, Veracruz, Colima, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Mexico State and the Federal District. The National Water Commission and the Civil Protection issued a warning for the next 48 hours because of heavy rains expected in the Valley of Mexico.  The Cuautitlán sewage canal flooded over early Saturday flooding more than 1,600 homes in Cuautitlán and Teoloyucan, in Mexico State. Residents forced from their homes because of flooding in Cuautitlán staged a protest on the Mexico City-Querétaro highway to demand that Mexico State Governor Enrique Peña and National Water Commission chief José Luis Luege, travel to the submerged area to listen to their demands.
Heavy rains in Tacubaya district in Mexico City caused a wall to collapse in a housing compound damaging three apartments and two vehicles…
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Amnesty International and the Mexico Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights repudiated the murders of two journalists Marcela Yarce and Rocío González Trápaga.
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The U.S. Embassy and consulates in Mexico would be closed because of Labor Day…

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