The psychopathic and criminal thugs of Nueva Jerusalén, in Turicato municpality in Michoacán, are finally getting international attention:
A video from CNN here.
From the BBC, here.
The gutless PRI governor of the state, Fausto Vallejo Figueroa, calls for dialogue with the violent cultists, who destroy schools and pelt children with rocks, and have in the past been involved in rape and abuse scandals of their own brainwashed flock. There seems to be little point in dialogue at this point, yet one likely reason why Vallejo is not moving to arrest the leaders, as he should, is that the town has faithfully, with irony intended, voted PRI since it gained control in the 1970s.
Source:
Mexico cult eyes 'evil' secular schools. CNN, Aug. 23, 2012
Mexico row as religious sect blocks schooling access. BBC World News, Aug. 23, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
AMLO's increasingly bizarre denunciations
I admit I am predisposed to more than a small dose of skepticim to many of the claims of Movimiento Progresista over fraud or other irregularities in the 2012 elections, given that a lot of strong words and denunciations have been hurled the past weeks but very little substantive evidence has appeared.
The behavior of AMLO's campaign coordinator Ricardo Monreal leaves much to be desired in this regard, and I am putting this mildly. He has been shooting off very serious allegations that for sure could be true, but for which he has presented not an iota of concrete evidence.
His recent antics is his most spectacular so far - a law of diminishing returns also applies to fraud accusations, to be sure:
That Agustín Carstens, head of Mexico's central bank, has falsified a document in order to cover up illegal transfer of money to a bank account Monreal claims was used by the PRI campaign. He also has charged him with money laundering and other financial crimes, and said he would go to SIEDO, or the organized crime unit of the attorney general, in order to denounce all this, tomorrow.
I would be very surprised if he has anything at all substantive. Despite supposedly being a lawyer by training, Monreal has at times demonstrated a lack of knowledge of even basic legal and political concepts, in the process discrediting the left's cause even further.
AMLO, however, seems fully convinced of the charges, claiming in his Twitter account that "The Bank of Mexico altered the electronic receipt of a transfer of money to protect Videgaray," a reference to Peña Nieto's campaign manager Luis Videgaray.
Monreal, whom AMLO recruited from the PRI to become PRD governor (he since switched to PT and then MC), is a man who has AMLO's full confidence. Monreal better have something substantive this time, as both he and his boss face complete ridicule if their charge will also be left unsubstantiated.
Source:
Monreal va contra Banxico. El Universal, Aug. 26, 2012
The behavior of AMLO's campaign coordinator Ricardo Monreal leaves much to be desired in this regard, and I am putting this mildly. He has been shooting off very serious allegations that for sure could be true, but for which he has presented not an iota of concrete evidence.
His recent antics is his most spectacular so far - a law of diminishing returns also applies to fraud accusations, to be sure:
That Agustín Carstens, head of Mexico's central bank, has falsified a document in order to cover up illegal transfer of money to a bank account Monreal claims was used by the PRI campaign. He also has charged him with money laundering and other financial crimes, and said he would go to SIEDO, or the organized crime unit of the attorney general, in order to denounce all this, tomorrow.
I would be very surprised if he has anything at all substantive. Despite supposedly being a lawyer by training, Monreal has at times demonstrated a lack of knowledge of even basic legal and political concepts, in the process discrediting the left's cause even further.
AMLO, however, seems fully convinced of the charges, claiming in his Twitter account that "The Bank of Mexico altered the electronic receipt of a transfer of money to protect Videgaray," a reference to Peña Nieto's campaign manager Luis Videgaray.
Monreal, whom AMLO recruited from the PRI to become PRD governor (he since switched to PT and then MC), is a man who has AMLO's full confidence. Monreal better have something substantive this time, as both he and his boss face complete ridicule if their charge will also be left unsubstantiated.
Source:
Monreal va contra Banxico. El Universal, Aug. 26, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Disturbing violence against political actors in Oaxaca
In Juchitán de Zaragoza municipality in Oaxaca, a disturbing episode of violence against legitimate political actors: The party headquarters of the Partido del Trabajo or Workers Party (PT) wee attacked by two masked gunmen just as the party leadership held a meeting with the campesino/peasant organization Unión Campesina de Oaxaca. One attendee was murdered and another injured in the hail of bullets
None have been apprehended for this atrocity, which is moreover an attack on democracy.
Source:
Deja ataque al PT en Oaxaca un muerto. El Universal, Aug. 26, 2012
None have been apprehended for this atrocity, which is moreover an attack on democracy.
Source:
Deja ataque al PT en Oaxaca un muerto. El Universal, Aug. 26, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Religious whacks again attack education
Again the religious whacks in Nueva Jerusalén, Michoacán, are attacking the constitutionally guaranteed rights of Mexican children for an education, and again the PRI government of Fausto Vallejo Figueroa is doing nothing to stop them:
For two consecutive days, the pederast-rapist cult led by the "bishop" Martin de Tours has blcoked children in the indigenous community from going to school. Why? Because they don't believe in education, that's why. And as it usually goes with strongly religious individuals or cults, they are not merely content with following their own commandments , but will do everything they can to impose them on others - like it or not. Hence, with the start of the school year, they are now depriving children who are not member of the cult and whose parents want nothing to do with it, from learning.
Governor Fausto Vallejo Figueroa has done nothing so far to arrest these psychopaths, and any action does not look very forthcoming, at least judging from the very cowardly and highly erroneous recent statement from the Secretary of Government Jesús Reyna García,(second in command after the governor): It is a "religious disagreement" that has "nothing to do with education. Of course it has everything to do with education. From 1973 to 2007 there was no school or even health clinic in the village, and the right to education - an an alternative viewpoint to the cultists - is central here.
What political cowardice - kowtowing to a community that also just happens to be ultra-priísta.
Source:
Se recrudece el conficto en la comunidad Nueva Jerusalén; impiden regreso a clases. La Jornada, Aug. 21
Nueva Jerusalén: otra vez impiden inicio de clases. El Universal, Aug. 22, 2012
For two consecutive days, the pederast-rapist cult led by the "bishop" Martin de Tours has blcoked children in the indigenous community from going to school. Why? Because they don't believe in education, that's why. And as it usually goes with strongly religious individuals or cults, they are not merely content with following their own commandments , but will do everything they can to impose them on others - like it or not. Hence, with the start of the school year, they are now depriving children who are not member of the cult and whose parents want nothing to do with it, from learning.
Governor Fausto Vallejo Figueroa has done nothing so far to arrest these psychopaths, and any action does not look very forthcoming, at least judging from the very cowardly and highly erroneous recent statement from the Secretary of Government Jesús Reyna García,(second in command after the governor): It is a "religious disagreement" that has "nothing to do with education. Of course it has everything to do with education. From 1973 to 2007 there was no school or even health clinic in the village, and the right to education - an an alternative viewpoint to the cultists - is central here.
What political cowardice - kowtowing to a community that also just happens to be ultra-priísta.
Source:
Se recrudece el conficto en la comunidad Nueva Jerusalén; impiden regreso a clases. La Jornada, Aug. 21
Nueva Jerusalén: otra vez impiden inicio de clases. El Universal, Aug. 22, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Range of IFE verdicts against the left
* IFE rejected the left's request to push forward an audit the presidential campaign. Instead it will be held at a much later point, and certainly after the inauguration.
* Against the protests of IFE councilor Alfredo Figueroa, IFE voted 8-1 to exonerate Peña Nieto and Televisa from any accusations of illegal or covert campaign in favor of the PRI candidate, despite the exposes of the newspaper The Guardian of a pact between the newscaster and PRI to actively promote his candidacy. No Televisa employee was asked to testify. Figueroa noted, "It is obvious that no investigation was done in order to get closer to the elements of this case."
*IFE fined the left's Movimiento Progresista 1.5 million pesos over an ad called "Thousands of proofs" deeming it injurious to PRI and Peña Nieto. Days earlier it had rejected any fine and allowed it in the name of free speech. Alfredo Figueroa, Lorenzo Córdova and Benito Nacif voted against; council president Leonardo Valdés and the remaining councilors voted in favor. Valdés has particularly the past year increasingly appeared unfriendly to the PRD, to put it mildly, which likely regrets its original backing of him to become IFE president.
Together, the incidents have led PRD leader Zambrano to suggest outright that IFE favors the PRI.
Source:
Inconforma a la izquierda decisión del IFE. La Jornada, Aug. 15, 2012
Zambrano: IFE favorece al PRI. El Universal, Aug. 18, 2012
Exculpa el IFE a Peña Nieto y Televisa por campaña encubierta. La Jornada, Aug. 17, 2012
El instituto multa con casi millón y medio al Movimiento Progresista. La Jornada, Aug. 17, 2012
* Against the protests of IFE councilor Alfredo Figueroa, IFE voted 8-1 to exonerate Peña Nieto and Televisa from any accusations of illegal or covert campaign in favor of the PRI candidate, despite the exposes of the newspaper The Guardian of a pact between the newscaster and PRI to actively promote his candidacy. No Televisa employee was asked to testify. Figueroa noted, "It is obvious that no investigation was done in order to get closer to the elements of this case."
*IFE fined the left's Movimiento Progresista 1.5 million pesos over an ad called "Thousands of proofs" deeming it injurious to PRI and Peña Nieto. Days earlier it had rejected any fine and allowed it in the name of free speech. Alfredo Figueroa, Lorenzo Córdova and Benito Nacif voted against; council president Leonardo Valdés and the remaining councilors voted in favor. Valdés has particularly the past year increasingly appeared unfriendly to the PRD, to put it mildly, which likely regrets its original backing of him to become IFE president.
Together, the incidents have led PRD leader Zambrano to suggest outright that IFE favors the PRI.
Source:
Inconforma a la izquierda decisión del IFE. La Jornada, Aug. 15, 2012
Zambrano: IFE favorece al PRI. El Universal, Aug. 18, 2012
Exculpa el IFE a Peña Nieto y Televisa por campaña encubierta. La Jornada, Aug. 17, 2012
El instituto multa con casi millón y medio al Movimiento Progresista. La Jornada, Aug. 17, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Left summit says it will respect election tribunal ruling
A summit of leftwing forces in Mexico - legislators of the PRD, MC, PT, and notably sitting and newly elected governors of Oaxaca, Guerrero, Tabasco, Morelos, and Mexico - proclaimed at its summit Cumbre de la izquierda mexicana in Guerrero that it will seek unity to promote leftwing causes in Congress as well as through its 4 governors and Chief of the Federal District/Mexico City mayor in a broad coalition.
It also notably stated it will respect the upcoming verdict from the TEPJF, Mexico's electoral tribunal, on the 2012 presidential elections. More notably still, the left's 2012 candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) did not appear at the event.
It also vowed to promote a left agenda that will reject abrogation of worker rights, privatize the PEMEX oil company, or raise VAT on foods and medicines. Little was mentioned, it seems of a more constructive or propositive program: Its manifesto, however welcome for the left as a broad statement of purpose, still reads nonetheless primarily as a reactive agenda.
Ebrard: izquierda impulsará consensos. El Universal, Aug. 16, 2012
El TEPJF debe hacer valer la ley y acataremos su fallo. La Jornada, Aug. 16, 2012
Seguirá la lucha tras el fallo del Tribunal: PRD. El Universal, Aug. 17, 2012
Luchar para devolver la banda de 2.5 a MVS, acuerda la izquierda. La Jornada, Aug. 17, 2012
It also notably stated it will respect the upcoming verdict from the TEPJF, Mexico's electoral tribunal, on the 2012 presidential elections. More notably still, the left's 2012 candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) did not appear at the event.
It also vowed to promote a left agenda that will reject abrogation of worker rights, privatize the PEMEX oil company, or raise VAT on foods and medicines. Little was mentioned, it seems of a more constructive or propositive program: Its manifesto, however welcome for the left as a broad statement of purpose, still reads nonetheless primarily as a reactive agenda.
Ebrard: izquierda impulsará consensos. El Universal, Aug. 16, 2012
El TEPJF debe hacer valer la ley y acataremos su fallo. La Jornada, Aug. 16, 2012
Seguirá la lucha tras el fallo del Tribunal: PRD. El Universal, Aug. 17, 2012
Luchar para devolver la banda de 2.5 a MVS, acuerda la izquierda. La Jornada, Aug. 17, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Dramatic turn in Mexico media scandal: MVSgate
This is truly preposterous: The director of the MVS Comunicaciones media group, whose TV concession provides a rare alternative to Mexico's electronic media duopoly dominated by the infamous Televisa and TV Azteca, has confirmed what many has suspected: The PAN government of Felipe Calderón has launched a political attack on the station.
The government's decision to put up MVS's concession claiming that it is under-utilizing its 2.5 GHz bandwidth appears only to have been an excuse, as MVS head Joaquín Vargas Guajardo confirmed that the government told him its license would only be renewed if he fired the renowned investigative journalist Carmen Aristegui, as well as to desist from an earlier MVS complaint against a proposed Televisa purchase of Iusacell, a cell phone provider.
This hit the front pages of El Universal today. With Vargas' claim, the MVS scandal - let's just call it MVSgate - drastically deepens. According to Vargas, Javier Lozano, then federal secretary of work, told him, "we've found that you're 2.5 GHz project has merit, but if you rehire that journalist, your project is fucked and you can forget about this government until its last day."
What a way to go out for Calderón: Political persecution of the media.
Source:
Se agrava crisis por la banda ancha. El Universal, Aug. 16, 2012
The government's decision to put up MVS's concession claiming that it is under-utilizing its 2.5 GHz bandwidth appears only to have been an excuse, as MVS head Joaquín Vargas Guajardo confirmed that the government told him its license would only be renewed if he fired the renowned investigative journalist Carmen Aristegui, as well as to desist from an earlier MVS complaint against a proposed Televisa purchase of Iusacell, a cell phone provider.
This hit the front pages of El Universal today. With Vargas' claim, the MVS scandal - let's just call it MVSgate - drastically deepens. According to Vargas, Javier Lozano, then federal secretary of work, told him, "we've found that you're 2.5 GHz project has merit, but if you rehire that journalist, your project is fucked and you can forget about this government until its last day."
What a way to go out for Calderón: Political persecution of the media.
Source:
Se agrava crisis por la banda ancha. El Universal, Aug. 16, 2012
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