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Could California Help Bring Down The Cartels?

Could California Help Bring Down The Cartels?

Posted 18 July 2010 | By Dave | Categories: Politics and Views | No Comments

David Simmonds

We, the California People, might be a factor in significantly reducing the power and wealth of the Mexican drug cartels. How could that be? Well, California, mired in a fiscal budget crisis (way-to-go, Ahnold) that won’t go away, will be voting in November on whether to pass Proposition 19,  the Regulate, Control and Tax [...]

Higher Education Budget has Risen by 40 Per Cent

Higher Education Budget has Risen by 40 Per Cent

Posted 13 June 2010 | By MP News Staff | Categories: Politics and Views | No Comments

Mexico City.- President Felipe Calderón declared that, with the support and commitment of Congress, since the start of his government, the higher education budget in Mexico has risen by 40%, the highest increase in this area in many years. In particular, he said, when he led the 2010 Lázaro Cárdenas Prize [...]

President Announces Bill for New Police Force Model

President Announces Bill for New Police Force Model

Posted 07 June 2010 | By MP News Staff | Categories: Politics and Views | No Comments

Mexico City. During the 28th National Public Security Council meeting, President Felipe Calderón announced that at the new ordinary period of Congress sessions, he will submit a bill for constitutional reform that will promote a new police force model. This will be based, he explained, on 32 state police forces with a [...]

President Urges State Governments to Promote Security Reform

President Urges State Governments to Promote Security Reform

Posted 29 May 2010 | By MP News Staff | Categories: Politics and Views | No Comments

Mexico City.- During the inauguration of the Second Political Forum: Security and Justice, President Felipe Calderón urged state governments to redouble efforts and implement the Reform of the Penal Justice System, “So that as soon as possible, all Mexicans will have access to a transparent, expeditious system of justice.”
“Local authorities [...]

Calderon’s Comments

Posted 24 May 2010 | By MP News Staff | Categories: Politics and Views | 1 Comment

by David Simmonds
Well it seems as if Mexican President Calderon has stirred the immigration pot a bit with his recent comments on the White House lawn during his meeting with President Obama. A list of the usual suspects cried out in indignant harmony that Calderon should mind the business of his own country and not [...]