Each day we will bring you an assortment of op-ed pieces from major Mexican dailies.
El Universal
Bajo Reserva
Mexico’s new mechanism designed to protect journalists and human rights defenders is already giving results in a corrupted manner. On the other hand, the information released by IFE which reveals Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s excessive campaign costs has created a discussion that has divided the internal currents of the the PRD.
http://www.eluniversalmas.com.mx/columnas/2013/01/99877.php
Excelsior
Leo Zuckerman
There is something wrong with a society fascinated by guns. For example, while people all over the United States mourned the death of the innocent children from Sandy Hook elementary, children in other parts of the country visit guns shows with their families. The worst part of the U.S. gun culture is that in many instances children see and touch weapons with their parents’ approval. The question is, how many more victims will the U.S. need before it ends with gun fascination?
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/2013/01/30/leo-zuckermann/881797
Reforma
Templo Mayor
Now that legislators want to launch an energy reform that would modernize a sector of PEMEX, fishers in the state of Tabasco stand against a project that plans to construct an offshore platform.
