Protesters Meet Governor in Mexico
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t the only Californian to travel to Mexicali, Mexico this past weekend for the Governor’s meeting with Baja State officials.
As the Governor’s motorcade pulled in front of the building for the meeting, he heard from protesters who drove from San Diego to express their opposition to the Schwarzenegger administration’s immigration policies.
Gov. Schwarzenegger was in Mexicali to talk about border issues as well as trade and the economy.
“He said he wouldn’t take money from special interests,” protester Vicente Rodriguez told CNN. “Yet his has raised more money than the two governors before him put together.”
Protester Eduardo Cota is angry over the Governor’s support of the “Minutemen” project which works to interdict undocumented immigrants.
“We equate him with the Minutemen,” Cota said. “He believes the are good people and they are not.”
Gov. Schwarzenegger didn’t take questions from reporters but he did talk with a group of government students.
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Mexico: 1 killed, 2 abducted in attack
Chaos engulfed the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca on Tuesday as gunmen killed one man in an attack on protesters, who seized broadcasting stations and sealed off the city with burning barricades.
Hospital sources said one man died of gunshot wounds. Protesters supporting the three-month-old strike by local schoolteachers said two others had been abducted by the attackers.
Federal authorities claimed the gunmen were deployed by the state Governor Ulises Ruiz in a bid to dislodge the protesters from a state-run radio building they seized on August 1. The governor, however, denied any responsibility.
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Protesters set up barricades in Mexico City
Thousands of protesters set up barricades along Mexico Citys central thoroughfare Sunday night hours after the largest demonstration in Mexicos history filled the main square in support of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors election challenge.
Police made no effort to intervene as the protesters set up tents and blocked traffic, apparently in response to Lopez Obradors call for the establishment of 47 permanent assemblies to press his claims of fraud in the July 2 elections. Lopez Obrador lost the vote to conservative Felipe Calderon by less than 1 percent of 41 million ballots cast.
Schwarzenegger to Mexico
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, looking to improve his image with Hispanics at home, was heading to Mexico on Friday to meet with Baja California Governor Eugenio Elorduy about security issues, immigration and a controversial border canal.
Schwarzenegger has come under fire from many of his state's 12 million Hispanics for opposing driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and proposing health and welfare cuts that would have hit Hispanics hard.
He angered both Californians and the Mexican government when he praised a citizen border patrol and said California's border with Mexico should be closed -- something he quickly apologized for.
His trip to
Protesters Barricade Banks in Mexico
Protesters blocked access to foreign banks in Mexico on Wednesday to protest what they said was election fraud while judges and troops oversaw a partial recount that could decide Julys presidential vote.
Supporters of Andrés Manuel López Obrador surrounded the main offices in Mexico City of U.S.-based Citigroups Mexican unit Banamex, the Bancomer bank owned by Spains BBVA and British giant HSBC. They closed them for several hours.
López Obrador, a fiery anti-poverty campaigner, narrowly lost the July 2 presidential vote to conservative ruling party candidate Felipe Calderón.
He says many votes for him went untallied while others were
Schwarzenegger to Mexico
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, looking to improve his image with Hispanics at home, was heading to Mexico on Friday to meet with Baja California Governor Eugenio Elorduy about security issues, immigration and a controversial border canal.
Schwarzenegger has come under fire from many of his state's 12 million Hispanics for opposing driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and proposing health and welfare cuts that would have hit Hispanics hard.
He angered both Californians and the Mexican government when he praised a citizen border patrol and said California's border with Mexico should be closed -- something he quickly apologized for.
His trip to
Mexico's Ambassador Visits Utah
Local Business Leaders Hope To Have Dialogue On Immigration Issues
SALT LAKE CITY Some Utah business leaders hope the visit by Mexico's ambassador to the US will spark some dialogue on immigration issues.
Ambassador Carlos de Icaza is expected to meet with business leaders at a luncheon on Thursday. Friday, the ambassador will meet privately with the Governor and legislative leadership.
Joe Reyna, chairman-elect of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, says Icaza's visit is likely a prelude to a visit by Mexican President Vicente Fox. He says when an ambassador from a country like Mexico comes to
MEXICO RUNNERS PLACE WELL AT STATE MEET
The Mexico cross country teams concluded their seasons by racing in the Class A state championships on Saturday at Queensbury High School in Section II.
Freshman Evan Oustrich, who was an individual qualifier for the meet, was the second-place runner for Section III as he ran a personal-best five-kilometer time of 17:23. He finished in 54th place overall in the Class A race.
The young Mexico girls team had a strong effort in the Class A race, finishing ninth overall.
Finishers for the Tigers were Courtney Ross (20:43, 62nd place), Ashlie Wilson (20:46, 63rd), Rachel Garrett
Loser in Mexico presidential vote adds fuel to protesters ire
As he fights his election defeat in court, the losing leftist candidate in Mexico says he has been the victim of a broad conspiracy among the incumbent, election officials, other party leaders and business tycoons to rob him of the presidency.
The candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, charged in an interview Friday that the July 2 vote had been plagued by fraud and by widespread human errors. He made it clear that he would not accept any ruling from the special electoral court short of an order to recount
Protesters mark Cuban revolution anniversary outside US Embassy in Mexico
More than 1,000 people convened in front of the US Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday to mark the 52nd anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution.
Chanting "Viva Fidel" and braving heavy rain, demonstrators marched down Reform Avenue and erected a makeshift stage in front of the US embassy.
Police blocked traffic for over an hour as demonstrators took turns delivering speeches denouncing a decades-old embargo placed by the United States on Cuba.
On July 26, 1953, Cuban
Fox Leaves Washington With Message Of Cooperation
Mexican President Vicente Fox is again urging cooperation between Mexico and the U.S. as he awaits a Congressional decision on immigration reform.
Speaking Thursday at the Rainier Club in Seattle, Fox said education and a strong economy are the keys to stemming the flow of people north out of Mexico.
Afterward, Fox left for California, where he will meet with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the mayor of Los Angeles.
Earlier Thursday, Fox spent some time with patients at a south Seattle clinic that treats poor immigrants.
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