News Summary for March 5th, 2010
++ The Energy Secretariat announced that in coming months the government will apply a gradual reduction of subsidies in the energy sector, that is to say in gasoline, diesel and LP gas. ++ PRD and PRI senators Graco Ramírez and Francisco Labastida, respectively, said that the announcement from the Energy Secretariat will block the country’s economic reactivation and will affect low-income families. ++ PAN senators asked PRI president, Beatriz Paredes, to show the letter in which PAN leader, César Nava, as well as Interior Secretary Fernando Gómez Mont, supposedly had pledged not to run in an alliance against the PRI in the State of Mexico. ++ Reforms legalizing same sex marriages in the Federal District went into effect… More than 15 marriage requests were received from homosexual couples outside the Mexican capital. ++ The Supreme Court ruled that the national and local human rights commission lack attributions to challenge laws that violate international treaties signed by Mexico. ++ President Calderón said his administration seeks to improve health care and provide access to medical services for all citizens. ++ The National Water Commission said that the dry season is affecting one third of Mexico. ++ The Legionnaires of Christ admitted that the founder of their religious congregation, Marcial Maciel, had certain “hidden aspects” to his life that are scandalous. ++PAN national leader César Nava, admitted having signed together with PRI president Beatriz Paredes, an agreement stipulating there would be no alliance in the State of Mexico with other parties in exchange for PRI senators to vote in favor of the Federal Income Law that had been approved in the Chamber of Deputies. . .
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