Noticias de Hoy

++ The Foreign Affairs Secretariat said that Mexican citizen Carlos Peralta Valle survived the 7-Richter-point earthquake that devastated Haiti… His immediate repatriation will be sought. ++ Another group of repatriated Mexicans and Haitians from Haiti arrived in Mexico… The group was composed of two Mexican citizens, three Haitians and a Guatemalan citizen. ++ The Foreign Affairs Secretariat said that the first contingent of Mexican rescue forces sent to Haiti on January 14 returned to Mexico after completing its search and rescue tasks in Port-au-Prince. ++ Querétaro governor José Calzada announced that he will pressure the Foreign Affairs Secretariat to find and send home the remains of the Mexican citizen killed in Haiti in the earthquake, Karen Valero Jaques. ++ The President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández, predicted that Haiti will need a 10-billion-dollar international aid program over five years to move forward in reconstruction and strengthening its institutions. ++ U. N. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon called on the Security Council to authorize deployment of an additional 3,500 peace troops in Haiti. ++ Members of the Mexican Electricians Union traveled to the United States to speak out about the way they were dismissed from Compañía de Luz y Fuerza del Centro and the power utility was shut down. ++ As he presented the “Mexico Let’s Discuss” program President Felipe Calderón said that there no longer are single truths in Mexico and decisions are not only taken by the nation’s president. ++ The Supreme Court randomly chose six lawyers from private firms to take part in public audiences in which the Single Rate Business Tax or IETU is being debated.

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