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SourceMex, October 31, 2012
On Oct. 25, Mexico’s judicial oversight council (Consejo
de la Judicatura Federal, CJF) announced that federal
Judge Efraín Cázares López would be permanently relieved
of his duties for "serious offenses in his judicial
duties." Judge Cázares, who was suspended in June pending
an investigation, issued a controversial ruling ordering
the release of 10 mayors and dozens of public officials in
Michoacán state accused of collaborating with La Familia
drug cartel in 2009. -
Carlos Navarro
In late October, President Felipe Calderón inaugurated
three new wind-power projects in Oaxaca, adding another
300 megawatts of wind-generated capacity to the state.
With the three new facilities—Piedra Larga, Oaxaca I, and
La Venta III---the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, known for its
favorable wind conditions, now has more than a dozen power
plants. The expansion of wind energy is part of the
Calderón government’s plan to greatly expand the use of
renewable energy in Mexico and reduce reliance on fossil
fuels. So far this year, Mexico has more than doubled its
installed wind-power capacity to about 1.3 gigawatts from
519 MW last year. In contrast, Mexico produced only 6 MW
of wind power when Calderón took office in December 2006. -
Carlos Navarro
NotiCen, November 1, 2012
In general, women--and girls, for that matter--in Haiti
have historically been, at best, second-class citizens,
culturally seen as fit only for household work and
assigned the role of sexual object with no rights, a
context in which abuse comes naturally and goes
unpunished. Gender-based violence in homes has been
coupled with sexual violence as political repression by
dictatorial régimes in this French- and Creole-speaking
Caribbean island nation. Years of violence were the
framework for "widespread and systematic rape and other
sexual violence against girls," according to the
international nongovernmental organization (NGO) Human
Rights Watch (HRW). UN reports also revealed that criminal
gangs used threats and actual sexual violence to terrorize
Haitian communities. -
George Rodríguez
The idea to build private cities began gathering momentum
early this year, after the Congress passed the bill in
2011 creating the Redes Especiales de Desarrollo
(RED)--better known as ciudades modelos (model
cities)--opening the way for foreign investors to come in
and start building what, in their English version, are
known as charter cities. But the RED was struck down by
the Honduran Supreme Court, which ruled that the law was
unconstitutional.
-George Rodríguez
NotiSur, November 2, 2012
Argentina's Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación (CSJN)
put an end to the legal delays by powerful media
conglomerate Grupo Clarín and set Dec. 7 as the deadline
by which it will have to comply with provisions of the
communications law (Ley de Servicios de Comunicación
Audiovisual). This means that, instead of 254 stations
(over-the-air and cable TV channels, AM and FM radio
stations), it will have only 34. The media giant will have
to decide which outlets it will retain and which it will
dispose of, and the government will auction off
broadcasting licenses for the freed-up frequencies to
individuals and nonprofit entities. -
Andrés Gaudín
Both houses of the Uruguayan legislature have now passed
an abortion law (Ley de Interrupción Voluntaria del
Embarazo, IVE) allowing any woman--adolescent or adult--to
have an abortion during the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy
by making her decision known to the national health care
system (Sistema Nacional Integrado de Salud, SNIS), which
includes public and private health providers. The law,
which the Senate approved on Oct. 17, was signed five days
later by President José Mujica and lacks only its enabling
regulations to go into effect. -
Andrés Gaudín
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