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Omnibus Budget Would Stop Cross-Border Trucking Pilot Program

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/—Teamsters General President Jim
Hoffa applauded the House Democratic leadership for including a ban on unsafe
Mexican trucks in the omnibus appropriations bill unveiled today.

Though Congress shut down the Bush administration’s pilot program to open the
border in the 2008 appropriations, the Bush administration ignored the ban,
which expired at the end of the fiscal year.

“Shutting down the border is the right thing to do,” Hoffa said. “There’s no
guarantee that trucks or drivers from Mexico are safe. Until there is,
dangerous Mexican trucks should not be allowed to drive freely on our
highways.” (más)
[Reuters]

Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning
Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America)
(Mexico v. United States of America)

THE HAGUE, 19 January 2009. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, today rendered its Judgment in the case concerning the Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) (Mexico v. United States of America).
In its Application of 5 June 2008, Mexico asked the Court to interpret paragraph 153 (9) of the Avena Judgment. That paragraph reads as follows:
“153. For these reasons,
TheCourt . . .
(9) By fourteen votes to one,
Finds that the appropriate reparation in this case consists in the obligation of the United States of America to provide, by means of its own choosing, review and reconsideration of the convictions and sentences of the Mexican nationals referred to in subparagraphs (4), (5), (6) and (7) above, by taking account both of the violation of the rights set forth in Article 36 of the [Vienna] Convention [on Consular Relations] and of paragraphs 138 to 141 of [the present] Judgment.”
In the Judgment rendered today, which is final, binding and without appeal, the Court,
“(1) By eleven votes to one,
Finds that the matters claimed by the United Mexican States to be in issue between the Parties, requiring an interpretation under Article 60 of the Statute, are not matters which have been decided by the Court in its Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America), including paragraph 153 (9), and thus cannot give rise to the interpretation requested by the United Mexican States;

(2) Unanimously,
Finds that the United States of America has breached the obligation incumbent upon it under the Order indicating provisional measures of 16 July 2008, in the case of Mr. José Ernesto Medellín Rojas;
(3) By eleven votes to one,
Reaffirms the continuing binding character of the obligations of the United States of America under paragraph 153 (9) of the Avena Judgment and takes note of the undertakings given by the United States of America in these proceedings;
(4) By eleven votes to one,
Declines, in these circumstances, the request of the United Mexican States for the Court to order the United States of America to provide guarantees of non-repetition;
(5) By eleven votes to one,
Rejects all further submissions of the United Mexican States.” (more)

[vía Corte Internacional de Justicia]

Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) (Mexico v. United States of America)

Ahora aparece en la revista People en Español, un articulo que hace eco de “(Los mexicanos) somos unos pobres imbéciles“...

Carlos Cuarón: “El mexicano no perdona el éxito”
...
“Eso de los pobres imbéciles no recuerdo haberlo dicho así. Lo otro,
es cierto. ¿A poco estoy descubriendo el hilo negro? Culturalmente lo
sabemos, el mexicano no perdona el éxito, a nadie. Ve lo que han hecho
con Hugo Sánchez, primero hasta arriba y luego hasta abajo”, dijo el guionista de la película Y tu mamá también,
de 42 años. “No estoy diciendo nada que no sepamos todos. A mí, eso no
me parece polémico, me parece obvio, de lugar común. Sólo hace falta
que camines por Argentina para ver que son leídos y cultivados. Hay una
librería en cada cuadra, en este país hay una en cada ciudad”, dijo.


      “Hay una cuestión cultural, que tiene que ver con que nos ha
zapeado históricamente. Para mí, la gente en el poder. Y como la gente
en el poder son megalómanos sin excepción, enfermos de poder y utilizan
al pueblo para llegar a donde están y hacer lo que quieren, entonces,
el mexicano vive muy agachado”, aseguró el hermano del director de cine
Alfonso Cuarón. (más)

[vía PeopleEnEspanol]

Aunque suena increíble una jovencita (13 años) de California llamada Reina envió en un mes la impresionante cantidad de 14,528 mensajes de texto (SMS: Short Message Service), es decir aproximadamente 484 al día o lo que es lo mismo en las 16 horas hábiles al día (si quitamos 8 horas para dormir) envió un promedio de 30 mensajes por hora, es decir; uno cada dos minutos…

Además de comentar el hecho en la nota de United Press International se hace una lógica reflexión: ¿cuánto pagó?. Si se considera que un mensaje cuesta (en USA) alrededor de los 20 centavos de dólar (aproximadamente 2.7 pesos mexicanos) el monto total asciende a 2905 dólares (poco menos de 40 mil pesos mexicanos). Afortunadamente para el padre de Reina el servicio de telefonía celular contratado incluye  mensjaes SMS ilimitados.

Imaginen cuanto costaría enviar tal cantidad de SMS con Telcel, Movistar o Iusacell, donde no se ofrecen planes con servicio de mensajes ilimitados.

SILVERADO CANYON, Calif., Jan.
11 (UPI)—A California father says he discovered his 13-year-old
daughter sent 484 text messages per day last month—one message every
2 minutes of every waking hour.

Greg Hardesty of Silverado Canyon, Calif., told the New York Post
his 440-page cell phone bill revealed his daughter Reina had sent an
astonishing 14,528 text messages. (más)

[vía www.upi.com]

Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) (Mexico v. United States of America)

Court to deliver its Judgment on Monday 19 January 2009 at 3 p.m.

THE HAGUE, 8 January 2009. On Monday 19 January 2009, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver its Judgment in the case concerning the Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) (Mexico v. United States of America).

A public sitting will take place at 3 p.m. at the Peace Palace in The Hague, during which the President of the Court, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, will read the Court’s Judgment. (more)
[vía Corte Internacional de Justicia]

Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) (Mexico v. United States of America)