- Former Mexican Prez Luis Echevarria may be charged with genocide for his role in the '68 massacre of students, he was the interior minister at the time. An appeals court ruled that the statute of limitations had not expired as a previous court declared. As for Fox he is still worthless. For all the talk and all the promises in six years not one single person has ever been convicted for the killing of at least 600 and torture of many more.
- Calderon says security is a priority. Meanwhile the violence continues: a police chief was killed in Tijuana and 3 of 5 kidnapped men remain captive. 2 men, one of them American, were released yesterday.
- The standoff in the Chamber of Deputies continues with PAN and PRD members camping out trying to maintain access to the dais for December 1. According to AP the PAN members control a "strategic strip of platform that leads to a side entrance." Seriously this is better than any telenovela and funnier too.
- Calderon has named a confidante to handle relations with the US. Arturo Sarukhan will be posted in the Foreign Ministry and report to Patricia Espinosa. This sends the right message as to how important he views relations with US.
- Evo may have one the land reform battle but the war wages on. The right is freaking out over Evo's victory and there are still going to be challenges implementing the new law.
- Activists and lawyers push for social change in "conservative" Chile. Chile provides morning after pills for free for anyone over 14 and have a president who lived in East Germany, studied at Karl Marx University, is still married but has a child with another man and had an affair once with a communist terrorist. Can the myth of conservative Chile be put to rest please?
- The opposition is pleading for Hugo to play fair on election day...nice try.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
LA Quick Hits: The Murdering Prez, Mayhem in Mex, Evo Wins and Chile Changes
