Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Ebrard, mano dura

Marcelo Ebrard is capable of showing quite a bit of resolve when needed: As we wait for the three polls that  will decide the left's candidate for mayor of Mexico City, Ebrard had forbidden any member of his government to make any declarations in favor or against any candidate, so as not to risk a fracture on the left.

It seems Tourism Minister Alejandro Rojas couldn't keep his mouth shut - he stupidly proclaimed that Miguel Mancera would be the candidate - and Ebrard promptly fired him.

Now that's what I call mano dura. Yet the damage may already be done: It may not be enough to keep Alejandra Barrales from expanding her protests, and possibly fracture the left.

AMLO names minister of economy

Yet another name for a possible AMLO cabinet: He recently announced as, should he win in 2012,  his future  minister of the economy, Fernando Turner Dávila, a Nuevo León businessman who is head of ANEI, the national association of independent businessmen (Asociación Nacional de Empresarios Independientes).