1996-11-14 Local Press

Summary of Local Press Clippings from Mexico

November 14, 1996, Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc.

DEMOCRACY

Elections Bring Significant PRI Defeats

On Sunday, November 10, elections were carried out in the states of Mexico, Coahuila, and Hidalgo. In the first two, voters elected mayors and representatives to the state Congress; in Hidalgo, they only elected mayors. The general trend in all three states was high levels of absenteeism, and significant losses for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

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1996-10-24 Local Press

Summary of Local Press Clippings from Mexico

October 24, 1996, Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc.

DEMOCRACY

Church-Government Debate Over Rights and Obligations

On Sunday, October20, Arch Bishop Noberto Rivera Carrera said that the Catholic church "can and should" get involved in politics, and that citizens have the right to obey authorities when the authorities try to violate their human rights or when "they are breaking the law." In response, the Secretariat of the Interior sent a note to the Arch Bishop, saying that "no one, under any circumstances, is exempt from respecting and obeying the rule of law" and that members of organized religions can not "get involved in politics". (La Jornada, 22 October).

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1996-10-17 Local Press

Summary of Local Press Clippings from Mexico

October 17, 1996, Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc.

DEMOCRACY

Remains of a Cadaver Found on Salinas Ranch

On Wednesday, October 9, police from the Attorney General's office (PGR) dug up the remains of a cadaver on a ranch belonging to Raul Salinas in Mexico City. The remains are believed to be those of Manuel Munoz Rocha, the PRI Congressional Representative who has been missing since days after the assassination of former FRI leader Francisco Ruiz Massieu in September 1994.

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