Jorge Emilio González Martínez, the "Green kid" who has been president of the Mexican Green Party, Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM), was abruptly removed as president and made into an "honorary councilor" following a vote at the party's national assembly.
This is purely theatrics: The only other president of the Green party was González' father Jorge González Torres (1991-2001), and the party remains a pure financial family enterprise without any life or direction of its own. It is moreover the only right-wing "green" party in the world that even got kicked out of the "Green international."
Most probably not by coincident, the abrupt removal at the PVEM top follows an amazing investigation in the Mexican daily El Universal that details how the entire party leadership consists of random friends - from school, party friends, even his house cleaner - of the niño verde, who many may remember from the 2004 video scandal where he was on hidden camera offered a hefty bribe to allow some beach development to take place in an endangered area.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Atlantic's profile of Enrique Peña Nieto
It's well worth a read, by the excellent journalist Silvana Paternostro.
More on Cuauhtémoc Gutiérrez de la Torre, PRI's strongman in Mexico City
El Universal has done a lot of good digging on Cuauhtémoc Gutiérrez de la Torre, the "king of garbage," "Czar of trash," etc who controls upwards of half of the PRI's party council in Mexico City.
This article is a recommended read.
As it turns out, he is even a federal deputy - as suplente or substitute stand-in for PRI's Fuensanta Patricia Jiménez Case.
Truly anyone can become a PRI deputy, but it helps being a criminal and violent thug.
This article is a recommended read.
As it turns out, he is even a federal deputy - as suplente or substitute stand-in for PRI's Fuensanta Patricia Jiménez Case.
Truly anyone can become a PRI deputy, but it helps being a criminal and violent thug.
Must-read on Mexican Green Party, Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM)
This article, which ran in El Universal a few days ago, is an absolute must-read on the Mexican Green Party (PVEM). It completely strips it down for what it is: a party "franchise" at the service of highest bidder and a tool for the pharmaceutical industry, all coalescing around its party leader Jorge Emilio González Martíne,a 30-year old who inherited the party from his father, and all his friends - they even recruited the house cleaner to become a federal deputy, just for kicks.
This is truly the most preposterous party in Mexico's political landscape today.
Here's a pdf with the most important characters in this franchise.
This is truly the most preposterous party in Mexico's political landscape today.
Here's a pdf with the most important characters in this franchise.
Gabino Cué will not go after Ulises Ruiz
Governor of Oaxaca Gabino Cué said yesterday he would not go after his predecessor Ulises Ruiz:
"When we have an element that can establish that he has committed an irregularity, we will proceed, but to date we cannot act."
How disappointing. After his six years of criminal misrule, no evidence cannot be found? I find that extremely hard to believe.
"When we have an element that can establish that he has committed an irregularity, we will proceed, but to date we cannot act."
How disappointing. After his six years of criminal misrule, no evidence cannot be found? I find that extremely hard to believe.
PRI federal deputy kidnapped
I can't recall when this happened last, and certainly not in this legislature: PRI federal deputy Moisés Villanueva, from Guerrero, has been kidnapped for 10 days.
Details are very sketchy, and the PRI legislative group is keeping a lid on the whole thing at the request of the deputy's family.
The deputy was, as the expression goes, levantado by armed men when he was visiting his district, Tlapa de Comonfort. No calls for ransom have been made.
When Milenio newspaper sought to investigate, they were chased away from the area by AK-47 wielding men.
Details are very sketchy, and the PRI legislative group is keeping a lid on the whole thing at the request of the deputy's family.
The deputy was, as the expression goes, levantado by armed men when he was visiting his district, Tlapa de Comonfort. No calls for ransom have been made.
When Milenio newspaper sought to investigate, they were chased away from the area by AK-47 wielding men.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
And now Carlos Salinas backtracks, cowardly
Lying blatantly is of course nothing uncommon to Carlos Salinas, for those who recall his Dec 88-Dec 94 sexenio and dramatic aftermath. Yet to blatantly deny words that numerous journalists just heard you saying?
Salinas now totally denies that he ever suggested/challenged/offered in any way to hold a debate with AMLO ("He is going to lose," Salinas said just days ago). AMLO, to recall, for his part only ingenuously "accepted" the challenge if all the 30 members of the mafia and Enrique Peña Nieto as well joined for the debate. Yet now Salinas denies ever having said what he said. What cowardice, from both.
Salinas now totally denies that he ever suggested/challenged/offered in any way to hold a debate with AMLO ("He is going to lose," Salinas said just days ago). AMLO, to recall, for his part only ingenuously "accepted" the challenge if all the 30 members of the mafia and Enrique Peña Nieto as well joined for the debate. Yet now Salinas denies ever having said what he said. What cowardice, from both.
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