Noticias de Hoy

The Mexico City-Puebla highway was reopened after 10 days of flooding… Authorities managed to repair a break in the Río de la Compañía sewage system that was causing the flooding…++++++++++Residents forced out of their homes when the sewage system flooded over in the Valle de Chalco-Solidaridad area of the State of Mexico began removing furniture damaged during the flood…++++++++++++++++Violence continued in Chihuahua state and Ciudad Juárez… Although thousands took part in a march on Saturday to demand justice and an end to violence on the border, the weekend saw nine execution-style murders throughout the state. PRD senator Carlos Navarrete announced that this week his party would present a plan for citizens’ participation in Ciudad Juárez…+++++++++++The gay-lesbian community were very active this Saint Valentine’s Day in different parts of the country… In Guadalajara, dozens of homosexual people demanding the right to same-sex marriage staged a march that ended with a massive kiss outside the Cathedral…+++++++++++++In Mexico City, civil rights groups announced a large simultaneous marriage of 20 same-sex couples on March 21, once the civil code reform goes into effect…++++++++++Meanwhile, Cardinal Norberto Rivera said that Pope Benedict 16 stands against same sex marriage…++++++++++++Domestic violence is on the rise. . . Nine out of 10 victims of domestic violence in the Federal District said the abuse began when couples were still not married…++++++++++++Turning to political issues, ISSSTE director general Miguel Ángel Yunes Linares, a former member of the PRI, said that once the National Action Party opens the primary race he will quit his job and present his candidacy to run for governor of Veracruz…+++++++++++++++PRD lawmakers launched a campaign to get rid of junk food in school in view of high levels of childhood obesity in Mexico… Senators René Arce and Lázaro Mazón called on school snack shops to stop selling food with high calorie content to kids…+++++++++++++++

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