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(1) PRIMERO DE SEPTIEMBRE

Por Ariel Ramos Septiembre fue durante el siglo pasado, el mes político más importante de México. Los mexicanos esperábamos la llegada del noveno mes del año con expectación, ansiedad y alegría. El 1 el presidente en turno acudía al edificio de la Cámara de Diputados, declarado Recinto Oficial a rendir un informe en el que detallaba lo bueno y lo malo; lo hecho y lo que no se pudo hacer; y, desde luego las perspectivas que se esperaban hacia el futuro del país. Ya con las principales calles del Centro Histórico iluminadas, el 13 el Jefe de la Nación acompañado de sus colaboradores iba a la Rotonda de los Niños Héroes a rendir homenaje a los seis jovencitos que defendieron el Castillo de Chapultepec, durante la guerra con Estados Unidos de 1847. El 15 el … [Read more...]

“Sanctuary Cities”

By Adriana Vega The murder of three people at a school in New Jersey has further sparked an already contentious immigration debate, with critics of the city’s current immigration policies highlighting that one of the alleged attackers was in the US illegally and had faced serious criminal charges before. Newark city councilman Ron Rice said on August, he was introducing a bill that would require local police to notify federal immigration authorities whenever they arrest someone living the US illegally who is charged with committing a felony. The bill would be the first piece of legislation resulting from the shooting of four Newark college students. Newark is a “sanctuary city” which bans cooperation between local officials and federal immigration officials. More than 60 sanctuary … [Read more...]

¿PORQUÉ NO PUEDE GOBERNAR CALDERON?

Por ARIEL RAMOS Han transcurrido 9 meses y medio desde que asumió la presidencia y Felipe Calderón aún no puede gobernar. ¿Qué o quienes se lo impiden..? es la pregunta recurrente de los mexicanos que pensamos un poco más allá de la multimillonaria campaña publicitaria en radio y tv, en la que se “nos dice que FC está ejerciendo el poder- Quizá su origen “espurio” sea una de las causas. Arribó al poder primero sostenido por el gran fraude cibernético operado por su cuñado Hilderbrando Zavala y desde luego por el juramento de Martha Sahún que dijo “sobre mi cadáver” que no llegará Andrés Manuel. La esposa de Vicente Fox temblaba ante la simpatía y arroladora campaña emprendida por el abanderado del PRD, entonces había que detenerlo a “como diera … [Read more...]

“Hugo Chávez and his Great Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline”

por Adriana Vega Again the President of Venezuela, holding on his left arm his Bolivarian Revolution,  visit yesterdays President Leonel Fernández  from Dominican Republic to offer a 10,000 barrel-a-day refinery, a project currently awaiting environmental analysis. His intention is to extend the Venezuela-to-Caribbean pipeline as an effort to revert $20 billion freeze by Brazil opposition to extend the gas pipeline trough the Amazon rain forest and complete his “Great Gas Pipeline of the South”. He claims Venezuela's restoration of the Cienfuegos refinery in Cuba will complete in November. The plan is to fund a refinery in Ecuador allowing the South Americans nations to export refined products to China and other Asian destinations. After finishing his conference in Dominica … [Read more...]

“Hugo Chávez and his Great Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline”

por Adriana Ramos   Again the President of Venezuela, holding on his left arm his Bolivarian Revolution,  visit yesterdays President Leonel Fernández  from Dominican Republic to offer a 10,000 barrel-a-day refinery, a project currently awaiting environmental analysis. His intention is to extend the Venezuela-to-Caribbean pipeline as an effort to revert $20 billion freeze by Brazil opposition to extend the gas pipeline trough the Amazon rain forest and complete his “Great Gas Pipeline of the South”. He claims Venezuela's restoration of the Cienfuegos refinery in Cuba will complete in November. The plan is to fund a refinery in Ecuador allowing the South Americans nations to export refined products to China and other Asian destinations. After finishing his conference in … [Read more...]