News Summary for March 8th, 2010
Political Scandal continues…—-Senate speaker PRD politician Carlos Navarrete warned that extraneous forces should not be negotiating congressional votes since this is something only lawmakers should be involved in…—-Yet again, Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Montt, insisted he would not be stepping down and that he continues to be an able intermediary between the government and political parties…—-PRI leader Beatriz Paredes was present at the swearing-in of the PRI candidate in Durango, Jorge Herrera Caldera, and she denied that her party negotiated the economic package for electoral alliances and accused the PAN of muddying the issue…—-The PRD will file a complaint with the IFE against state and federal officials who served as negotiators between the PRI and the PAN in connection to elections in the State of Mexico and the fiscal package vote in Congress…In other news… Eight more Mexicans still in Chile after the earthquake returned to Mexico on an Aeromexico flight…What is there to celebrate? As Mexico marks International Women’s Day the National Human Rights Commission said that seven out of 10 women above 15 years have suffered violent aggressions and one out of three of them suffers abuse at the hands of her companion…—- PRI, PAN and PRD female deputies agreed that Mexican women have nothing to celebrate on International Women’s Day since discrimination continues and it is also true that there are no guarantees that labor and civil rights are respected…—-According to INEGI the female population is greater than the male population in Mexico with 96 men to every 100 women…—-First Lady Margarita Zavala started off the family walk on Reforma Avenue on Family Day …Meanwhile, Health Secretary José Angel Córdova, guaranteed health services for families and individuals regardless of their social or economic situation, or sexual preference as is written in the Constitution…—-The Mexico City Civil Registry received up to last Friday 23 requests for same-sex marriages… On March 11 the Old Town Hall building will be the scene of the first five marriages between same-sex couples…
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April 18th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Hello. And Bye.