"It is not the old PRI that worries me, but the PRI of today, the PRI of the immorality of (Mario) Marín, that of the authoritarianism of Ulises Ruiz, that of the irresponsibility of (Humberto) Moreira. After losing the presidency, the PRI learnt nothing, nor has it forgotten anything."
Monday, September 12, 2011
Words of the day from Ernesto Cordero
While I wouldn't in a million years vote for Ernesto Cordero, I'll let him have the words of the day:
The Mexican budget
On thursday, Ernesto Cordero handed in the proposed budget for 2012, and then resigned to concentrate on running for the 2012 presidency. It was a bit of a strange maneuver - while I understand he wanted to use the occasion (and as an excuse for not resigning earlier), it was a bit of "here it is, but I'm outta here"-feel.
Regardless: Here is Milenio's detailed breakdown, as well as Bloomberg's English summary.
Total spending of around 290 billion dollars, an increase in spending of 2.5 percent in real terms.
The U.S budget is 3,700 billion dollars by comparison.
Regardless: Here is Milenio's detailed breakdown, as well as Bloomberg's English summary.
Total spending of around 290 billion dollars, an increase in spending of 2.5 percent in real terms.
The U.S budget is 3,700 billion dollars by comparison.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Aguachile hacked?
Strangest thing, and a first: In the stats for this blog, which I occassionally check, there was all of sudden a big jump for an old post I wrote about PRI Senator Fernando Castro Trenti
To refresh my memory I checked out the post on Castro Trenti, but then found the actual text to be completely garbled and unreadable. It was the only post on this blog to suffer this.
Though hardly of transcendent importance, I nonetheless had a backup of the post's content which I restored. I could of course be a blogger.com glitch, but I just can't make any sense out of it.
To refresh my memory I checked out the post on Castro Trenti, but then found the actual text to be completely garbled and unreadable. It was the only post on this blog to suffer this.
Though hardly of transcendent importance, I nonetheless had a backup of the post's content which I restored. I could of course be a blogger.com glitch, but I just can't make any sense out of it.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Religious extremism in Puebla: Archbishop acts like fascist thugs
This is about as extreme as it gets, given that the bigotry is promoted by none less than the archdiocese of Puebla: In San Rafael Tlanalapan Wednesday, 50 catholic extremists gathered outside a christian evangelist chapel to threaten the worshipers with lynching(!). Why this anger and hatred? Because they want to construct a church in a predominantly catholic area.
Yet what is the response of the archbishop? To give full backing to Ascensión Benítez González, the priest leading the mob, deny that he is advocating any religious intolerance at all, but that the congregation is simply using its "freedom of expression."
This is the face of the archdiocese of Puebla in 2012: Clerical fascism.
Yet what is the response of the archbishop? To give full backing to Ascensión Benítez González, the priest leading the mob, deny that he is advocating any religious intolerance at all, but that the congregation is simply using its "freedom of expression."
This is the face of the archdiocese of Puebla in 2012: Clerical fascism.
PRD's senate faction demands freedom for arrested Veracruz twitterers
The PRD's senate group demanded the immediate release of the two persons accused of terrorism ("causing panic") in Veracruz for publishing in their twitter account warnings of attacks by organized crime.
This is a truly horrid case, and it is nothing but shameful that governor Javier Duarte de Ochoa has not taken charge to shake up his state prosecutor's office. It is a yet another worrisome signal for 2012, and the PRI's likely return to the presidency.
This is a truly horrid case, and it is nothing but shameful that governor Javier Duarte de Ochoa has not taken charge to shake up his state prosecutor's office. It is a yet another worrisome signal for 2012, and the PRI's likely return to the presidency.
Mexico's new secretaries
La Jornada has profiles on the new secretaries/minister of Calderón's government.
- Finance minister José Antonio Meade, taking over the post left by Ernesto Cordero as he pursues PAN's nomination for the presidency.
- Secretary of energy, Jordy Herrera Flores
- Secretary of health, Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg
His goal is to complete Calderón's goal universal health coverage, which despite its deficiencies likely will stand as the major achievement of his administration.
- Finance minister José Antonio Meade, taking over the post left by Ernesto Cordero as he pursues PAN's nomination for the presidency.
- Secretary of energy, Jordy Herrera Flores
- Secretary of health, Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg
His goal is to complete Calderón's goal universal health coverage, which despite its deficiencies likely will stand as the major achievement of his administration.
Islamic terrorism threat in Mexico?
I found it really notable that outgoing head of the Mexican intelligence-counter espionage agency CISEN (created in the same year as CIA, whose function it resembles), Guillermo Valdés, who is being replaced by Alejandro Poiré, would say in his farewell statement that "we can not rule out the risk of an eventual presence of Islamic terrorism on our soil."
I cannot recall to ever have heard anything concrete regarding islamic terrorist threats in Mexico. If Valdés knows of something new, why did he not elaborate? And if there aren't any specific threats, why make this statement?
I cannot recall to ever have heard anything concrete regarding islamic terrorist threats in Mexico. If Valdés knows of something new, why did he not elaborate? And if there aren't any specific threats, why make this statement?
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