by the El Reportero’s news services
Civil organizations from Mexico criticized governmental program FRONTERA SUR, which increased the arrests and deportations of migrants and violations to human rights.
The result of an investigation, gives a vision on security aspects and the access to justice for the migrants.
According to the results, between July 2014 and June 2015, the deportations grew 73 percent, compared to the previous period.
Also, the abuse in the operations by the security agents, and the houses or refugees of migrants are still showing cases of kidnapping, extortion, robbery and aggressions all over the nation.
The investigation said that the Mexican Commission of Help to Refugees (COMAR in Spanish) only has 15 officers to guarantee the access to international protection to a population of more than 100,000 arrested people in a single year.
The number of recognized refugees is minimal (413 last year) regarding the repatriations, said the report.
“It is probable that many individuals were eligible potentials for asylum,” it added.
Mexican space agency points out possible projects in Mexico
The general director of the Mexican Space Agency, Francisco Mendieta said that there are possibilities of undertaking joint projects in Nicaragua, especially in areas such as conservation, ecology and knowledge of resources.
Mendieta, who participated in the Seventh Space Conference of the Americas, in this capital, also made reference to other areas, including actions related to the use of platforms for communications and navigation, global positioning.
He also stressed the spirit existing in the forum, which aimed to use this great resource that is space, for social and economic benefit of this Central American nation and the continent.
The space to establish communication among people, to protect us from natural disasters, safeguarding the environment and increase safety as well as observe, manage and rationally exploit the natural resources of the region, he said.
About Mexico’s main projects in the peaceful use of outer space, the specialist said that initial plans are related to the field of telecommunications
We have 30 years of experience in geostationary communications satellites, initially for analog telephony and Direct TV, and now to connect citizens to the Internet, providing mobility and universal coverage.
The Seventh Space Conference of the Americas, held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Nicaragua, focused its discussions on the use of outer space for peaceful purposes and was attended by representatives from more than 10 countries.
The first of these meetings was held in San Jose, Costa Rica (1990), the second in Santiago de Chile (1993), the third in Punta del Este, Uruguay (1996), the fourth in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (2002) the fifth in Quito, Ecuador (2006) and sixth in Pachuca, Mexico (2010).
Important Panamanian bank hopes to open subsidiary in Cuba
Multibank, third bank in Panama in assets, could open an office in Cuba as part of the promotion made by the island to attract foreign investment.
We see great opportunities in that country that will develop rapidly and Multibank would like to be hand in hand with that development, both to support the Cuban financial institutions and the businesspeople who pretend to invest there, said the executive president of the bank, Isaac Btesh.
At this moment, that financial entity is the only one in the isthmus to have correspondence with Cuban entities, as part of the support to trade transactions made by companies radicated in Panama, mainly at the Colon Duty-Free Zone.
On the technical elements of those transactions, Btesh clarified they do not violate established regulations by the United States, nation whose laws prevent Cuba from using the dollar for charges or payments, but in the case of Panama, movements are made in Balboas (local currency) which has a parity with the US dollar.
