Ah! But now if you give me your vote, I will govern as if I were of the left."
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Best comment yet on Paredes' Mexico City mayor bid
From La Jornada:
"As president of PRI, I backed Ulises Ruiz and [Mario Marín], and I made deals with PAN against the rights of women.
Ah! But now if you give me your vote, I will govern as if I were of the left."
Ah! But now if you give me your vote, I will govern as if I were of the left."
This is how a narco church looks like
Pictures from El Universal, from the church in Tezontle, Hidalgo, where Zeta leader Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano is kindly acknowledged as its donor:
More pictures here, and the story on how the locals celebrate Lazcano in Hidalgo
More pictures here, and the story on how the locals celebrate Lazcano in Hidalgo
Is PRI trying to kill its cadres?
Recent events may make one wonder.
It is quite common that PAN, PRD, and PRI - and all the other minor parties - offer meals for people who "show up" at their campaign rallies.
What is thankfully not so common is that the food is of so poor quality and dangerous to your health that it threatens to kill scores of your followers:
- In Chilapa, Guerrero, close to 800 (!) people got intoxicated at a PRI rally eating tainted egg tacos
- Then, in Zinacantepec, Mexico State, 150 people got sick (50 needed hospitalization) after eating food provided by the PRI mayor of Valle de Bravo.
Two such incidents in just one week, from the same party?
It is quite common that PAN, PRD, and PRI - and all the other minor parties - offer meals for people who "show up" at their campaign rallies.
What is thankfully not so common is that the food is of so poor quality and dangerous to your health that it threatens to kill scores of your followers:
- In Chilapa, Guerrero, close to 800 (!) people got intoxicated at a PRI rally eating tainted egg tacos
- Then, in Zinacantepec, Mexico State, 150 people got sick (50 needed hospitalization) after eating food provided by the PRI mayor of Valle de Bravo.
Two such incidents in just one week, from the same party?
Monday, February 13, 2012
Peña Nieto faking Twitter followers
Fascinating article from Milenio on PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto: While leading the pack with seemingly more than 400,000 followers on twitter, an investigation carried out by the newspaper on just a sample of those found that many of these are simply bots, or "ghost accounts" = fake followers.
Perhaps I am mistaking wishful thinking for analysis, but Peña Nieto's presidential project seems ever more shallow the more light shines on it.
Here's a graphic where the official number of followers are displayed. How many are fakes?
Perhaps I am mistaking wishful thinking for analysis, but Peña Nieto's presidential project seems ever more shallow the more light shines on it.
Here's a graphic where the official number of followers are displayed. How many are fakes?
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| From Milenio |
Sunday, February 12, 2012
How can this be legal? Guanajuato and the pope
According to the political gossip column in Milenio:
Guanajuato's government paid 2 000 800 pesos for each of the nearly 220 rooms reserved so that officials and friends of Governor Juan Manuel Oliva can sleep in luxurious hotels located on avenida López Mateos, and from there observe the route that Pope Benedict XVI will carry out in the city of León March.
Bátiz would head PGR, Mondragón SSP
Two more "cabinet announcements" for AMLO should he win the presidency:
- Bernardo Bátiz, his ex-attorney general in Mexico City, would head the national PGR to be Attorney General of Mexico (the position Marisela Morales now holds)
- Manuel Mondragón, current head of police in Mexico City, would head the federal SSP, Secretariat of Public Security (the position Genaro García Luna now holds)
Also, notably, AMLO in Nuevo León said some businessmen apologized for their role in the 2006 "dirty campaign" where business sectors sponsored illegal campaign ads against him.
- Bernardo Bátiz, his ex-attorney general in Mexico City, would head the national PGR to be Attorney General of Mexico (the position Marisela Morales now holds)
- Manuel Mondragón, current head of police in Mexico City, would head the federal SSP, Secretariat of Public Security (the position Genaro García Luna now holds)
Also, notably, AMLO in Nuevo León said some businessmen apologized for their role in the 2006 "dirty campaign" where business sectors sponsored illegal campaign ads against him.
Alejandro Solalinde, remarkable priest
If there's a devil, he might very well live on Mexico's southern border, which for so many Central American immigrants is a hellish nightmare of kidnappings, torture, rape, and murder.
One man who fights the cause of immigrants and defends human rights in general: The remarkable Alejandro Solalinde Guerra.
Here's a fun interview. Excerpts:
Q: Who do you fear more: the drug dealers or politicians?
- The two together, because sometimes there is no difference between them.
...Well, the Pope is only a servant of servants.
Q: By the way, why is he coming?
- It is very curious that he is going exactly to a PAN stronghold. But I will not assume anything.
One man who fights the cause of immigrants and defends human rights in general: The remarkable Alejandro Solalinde Guerra.
Here's a fun interview. Excerpts:
Q: Who do you fear more: the drug dealers or politicians?
- The two together, because sometimes there is no difference between them.
...Well, the Pope is only a servant of servants.
Q: By the way, why is he coming?
- It is very curious that he is going exactly to a PAN stronghold. But I will not assume anything.
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