Noticias de Hoy

++ The full Chamber of Deputies denied a four-month leave of absence requested by César Nava, who intended, as national PAN leader, to focus his efforts entirely on the party and the political campaigns. The permit was set to end on July 5, the day after general elections in 12 of the country’s states. Nava said that refusing to grant him a leave of absence was an indication that the PRI is concerned it could lose in some states because of the alliances forged by the PAN in some states. ++ National Defense Secretary General Guillermo Galván urged PRI senators to provide the Mexican Army with a modern and effective legal framework to be able to satisfy its duties in the battle against organized crime. ++ The U. S. Ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, said that his government backs Mexican authorities in their fight against violence in Ciudad Juárez. ++ U. S. State Department spokeswoman Virginia Staab said that the U. S. General Consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, stayed open despite a bomb threat. ++ Senate speaker Carlos Navarrete said that Congress must legislate with regard to day care centers to ensure full legality to the system of associate day care centers through an agreement between the federal government and the Mexican Social Security Institute itself. ++ Speaking in Cancún, Quintana Roo, President Felipe Calderón said that after the effects of the economic crisis and the AH1N1 influenza outbreak, the tourism industry is recovering. ++ Chilean President Michellet Bachelet said that the number of people killed in the 8. 8 Richter scale earthquake is 795. ++ The Foreign Affairs Secretariat announced that an Aeroméxico airplane will travel to Chile to bring back a group of Mexican intellectuals and publishers who asked to return to Mexico after the earthquake.

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