Noticias de Hoy

++ PRI Senate caucus leader Manlio Fabio Beltrones said his party has neither postponed nor relegated discussions on political reform, adding that the PRI submitted a proposal on the topic two years ago. ++ PRD senators agreed that they would reject cutting back on the number of the size of Congress… Lawmaker Silvano Aureoles said the country’s problems would not be solved by reducing Congress… Could this have anything to do with lawmakers wanting to hold on to as many well-paid congressional jobs as possible. ++ Concamin charged that fiscal, political and labor reform have become tainted because of politicking… Concamin called for action and less talk. ++ Finance Secretary Ernesto Cordero said that political reform could have an effect on the economy and on job creation that would be even higher than fiscal reform…Simón Charaf, owner of the Bar Bar private nightclub where Cabañas was shot, presented a statement before the public prosecutor’s office. ++ Thousands of union workers and social organization activists marched from the Angel of Independence monument to the Zócalo, the main Mexico City square, to reject the federal government’s economic policies…++ President Felipe Calderón met with energy sector businessmen at the economic forum in Davos… Calderón told him Mexico’s energy industry has embarked on a path to modernization…++ Election officials in Chihuahua warned that drug-related violence and organized crime are the main enemies to defeat in upcoming elections… They warned that candidates could be attacked and also that some of the candidates might reach negotiate with the drug cartels …

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