Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla gestures at a news conference during the inauguration of the 10th Mexico Business Summit in Queretaro November 11, 2012. The summit will be held until November 13.

By presenting a number of anomalies and inconsistencies  in the project, which constitute serious violations of the Rules of Construction and Urban Development Plan of the municipality,

Secretary of the Interior Francisco Blake Mora was the point man in Mexico's deadly war on organized crime, seen by many as the embodiment of the government's determination to battle the narcotics trade despite a soaring death toll.

Blake Mora died at 45 on Friday with seven other officials in a helicopter crash on the way to a prosecutors' meeting.

He made his name cracking down on drug cartel violence in his home state of Baja California by forging close cooperation between military and civilian law-enforcement officials.

He tirelessly promoted the same strategy as President Felipe Calderon's No. 2, the top policy official in Mexico's all-out push against drug traffickers and corruption.

Blake Mora also led the push to clean up Mexico's notoriously corrupt state and local police forces.

"We're trying to establish a justice system that both prevents criminal impunity and responds to the needs of society and its demands for social justice," he said at a meeting of government officials this year.

The man known to friends and colleagues as "Blake" was, "above all, a great Mexican who profoundly loved his homeland until the last moment of his life," a visibly moved Calderon said in an address to the nation, pausing several times to compose himself before continuing.

"Today Mexico has lost a great patriot ... and I've lost a dear friend", the president said.

The secretary of the interior is second only to the president in authority and coordinates domestic policy, including security, human rights, migration and the president's relation with the legislature and opposition parties.

Blake Mora frequently traveled to violence-torn cities for meetings with besieged state and local security officials, promising to step up the presence of troops and federal police in violent areas, and not leave until drug gang members there were caught.

"Organized crime, in its desperation, resorts to committing atrocities that we can't and shouldn't tolerate as a government and as a society," Blake Mora said after investigators found more than 100 bodies in pits near the U.S. border.

He later announced a five-point initiative to investigate the crimes and to increase security, including the federal monitoring of buses such as those used by the migrant victims.

Blake Mora also oversaw the government's response to natural disasters like the massive oil pipeline disaster that laid waste to parts of the central city of San Martin Texmelucan last year, killing at least 28 people.

He led the creation of a new national identity card for youths under 18, with modern features including digitalized fingerprints and iris images, to prevent criminals from using false IDs.

Blake Mora came of age at a place and moment of enormous change in Mexico's politics. He worked for the conservative National Action Party, or PAN, when it won the governorship of Baja California in 1989, the first time an opposition party victory had been recognized in Mexico since 1929.

Many analysts believe President Carlos Salinas de Gortari recognized that victory in part to calm allegations that his own 1988 election as the candidate of the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party had been fraudulent.

"Starting in his youth, he involved himself in the fight for change in Mexico through the National Action Party," Calderon said.

Trained as a lawyer, Blake Mora first took political office in the mid-1990s as an official in his native Tijuana. He served as a federal congressman for Calderon's PAN from 2000 to 2003 and as a local legislator in the northern state of Baja California from 2004 to 2007.

In November 2007, he was named interior secretary for Baja California, rising in July 2010 to the national position he held until his death.

Calderon lost another interior secretary, Juan Camilo Mourino, in a plane crash in Mexico City in November 2008.

Blake Mora's last posting on Twitter remembered Mourino as "a person who was working to build a better Mexico."

Enrique Mendez Juarez, PAN party head for Tijuana, was a childhood friend of Blake Mora's, playing baseball with him as teenagers in their working-class neighborhood before both became youth activists for the party.

After Blake Mora gained high office, "I never noticed the change, of talking with a bureaucrat, he always treated me like a friend," Mendez said. "I remember him as very hard-working, serious, formal, intelligent and very able."

Government officials said Calderon met with Blake Mora's widow, Gloria Cosio, and their son, 4, and daughter, 7, on Friday. He is also survived by his mother and two brothers.

"This is very unfortunate," said Sinaloa Congressman Manuel Clouthier, whose own father, a popular PAN politician, died in a still-unexplained highway accident in 1989. "There are many coincidences because now we have two interior ministers (lost) in one presidential term ... Who knows if we'll ever really know what happened."

Blake Mora's funeral was scheduled for Saturday.

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Mexico should legalize the export of marijuana after voters in two U.S.

Employers in Mexico are required by law, to give employees a Christmas bonus.

Many speech and demagoguery, but there is not support for people with disabilities.

Have just this week, an informal meeting of people with disabilities, long speech, demagoguery, good will, but people need is marginalized.

At this meeting Ivan Applegate, founder of movement in defense of disabled people, synthesized these meetings are held every three years and always full of good will, but little has been achieved in this area.

Building three orders of government federal, state and municipal, settled and this location, lack of 100% support for the disabled.

Clear examples are the federal and state agencies in Puerto Vallarta located in buildings or properties without adjustments

The building of the town hall in the center, does not have the minimum of help.

Is constant over the weeks, by general note, as the elderly people, who have crutches, walking with a cane, with small children and wheelchair users, without the assistance necessary.

This time, one of the indigenous leaders in Puerto Vallarta, who years ago had an accident and was paralyzed confined to a wheelchair has difficulty moving to this part of the city.

Today is embedded Gomez again in the town hall now Citizens Movement who said the Indians, at least the commitments agreed to assist people with disabilities.

The Indians complain that Puerto Vallarta is touted as a premier destination world, but has a culture and diapers depending on disability support.

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Behind every municipal police uniform, there is a man and a woman committed to their family, their community and with Mexico,

To address the problems  in different neighborhoods of the city, while listening to the concerns of society and bring the services provided by the City Council, the city government announced that as of last Friday of November will be held the "Friday in motion", where you will have the participation of all municipal offices.

This, with the aim of bringing the different services offered in the city of Puerto Vallarta.

Therefore, every fifteen days will be visiting a colony, where will be present all areas of government, who would offer services that can develop immediately.

An example of this can be like painting their facades, machinery to rehabilitate the streets, among other actions, in addition to the main idea is to listen to the residents of the different districts, knowing the problems they have and be able to provide a solution, depending on the situation.
Therefore, the city government invited citizens in case you have any request or perform a procedure or require a service, attend this activity, thereby achieving that can solve their colony directly and without the need to travel to the town hall

In this regard, reported that as of last Friday of this month, November 30 and every fifteen days, they will be carrying out the work of this program called "Friday in motion", beginning in the colony Volcanoes.

Migration undertaking to get away from the icy waters of Alaska makes them swim to the warm waters of Banderas Bay, where they breed and raise their calves, they still do not have the body fat to insulate the cold in the North Pacific

That's why they spend the summer in our region. Arriving in March, the young are strong enough to make the return trip.

While females care for newborns and teach them to breathe, swim, dive and even jump in the males sing long and repetitive vocals to woo the younger pair if possible. Some dive boat tours microphone to appreciate these lovely sounds.

Between December and March, the whales can be seen along the Riviera Nayarit, even if you walk quietly on the beach in the distance you can spot the eruption of water emanating from their blowholes, a backlash or even an impressive jump.

Males try to impress females with their size as well as his ability to jump completely removing the body of water, falling or take a big dip, a task that is no less when you take into account that weigh about 30 tons

Of course, those jumps are even more impressive if you make a few dozen meters away from a boat, from among the many that offer whale watching tour.

The humpback whale is a protected species, so that the vessels must be certified for this activity, ensuring that they will respect the distance should be kept for their safety. Touch or feed is prohibited, but the whales are curious and often provide a great show for his odd spectators who immediately removed the cameras.

A traditional watching tour usually takes between 2 and 4 hours and includes a light breakfast on board the boat. Once you locate a whale in the distance, the boat is approaching to a distance: the man exclaims with glee and admiration as the water shoots through the blowhole making sounds while watching mothers and babes frolic even smile, because there is a curve in the mouth of these mammals that makes them appear smiling at all times.

When the giant disappears under water begins the cheerful chatter of tourists, shown photos together and continues until the next whale appears in the distance and the whole show is repeated.

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Salvador Gomez Aldaco, who supported as office manager of the Public Security Bureau, said he received a dependency conflicts with the delivery process unfinished reception, but still is trying to get the pending investigations.

He said that these conflicts are basically administrative as this
Management has equipment operating problems and resource utilization as SUBSEMUN.

Aldaco Gomez also spoke of the preparation of the elements of Public Security, ensuring the Academy is certified nationally, and few are certified.

Reported that the Rapid Response Team has more training than
Police own the Guadalajara metropolitan area, but do not have the resources to carry out their work effectively.

Noteworthy that this day were delivered new uniforms to public safety elements, representing the beginning of this equipment corporation within this administration.

The Municipal Council of the Family in Puerto Vallarta has accumulated 2000 records, affected minors, where some have even been separated from their parents or relatives to the slow implementation of the justice system.

"There really was not connection between the Family Council and the Attorney (Protection of Minors in the DIF), which in the end have to work together on issues of minors or any person who comes to us. Yes I asked them to revise record by record, at the last board meeting we reviewed 15 records of what happened to each child.

He reported that the City Council of the Family will be meeting at least every 15 days and will be reporting on cases, "to lose that bad image of DIF because we are listed as the institution that takes away minors, we are not interested to have housed children because I know what you mean, it's a family break "

Fregoso said that there are 2000 cases, including some that date back to 2000, ie 12 years ago.

Ramón Guerrero announced , expected increase in January of 50%  in the salaries of the police and at the end of his government perceived elements twice what they earn today.

Earlier, the mayor, spoke of the new security model, support the police said.

Security is vital to Puerto Vallarta, is  time of renewal and hope

He mentioned some goals between them, to dignify the police, increase training, greater economic stimulus is providing a new attitude in their performance.

This is - said - to regain the trust of the citizens, to implement a policy to prevent and avoid crime.

Check the working conditions and provide them with equipment.

Reduce the state of crime, improve professional degrees in Puerto Vallarta.

Announced that as of January, the police receive 50% increase in salary, provided to meet the goals established to eradicate crime levels.

This increase will be gradual, it endorsed the commitment that at the end of three years the police earn double what they see today, however must meet certain parcels.

Guerrero also took the opportunity to talk about more benefits as provide scholarships to children of police.
to 50% increase in the salaries of the police and at the end of his government perceived elements twice what they earn today.

The mayor of Puerto Vallarta, Ramon Guerrero, today swore in the new public safety director citizen in the person of Colonel Silvestre Chavez Garcia.

Earlier, the mayor, spoke of the new security model, support the police said.

Security is vital to Puerto Vallarta, is a time of renewal and hope, in which speeches have no place, it is translated into action by the police as a policy in the colonies.

He mentioned some goals between them, to dignify the police, increase training, greater economic stimulus is providing a new attitude in their performance.

This is - said - to regain the trust of the citizens, to implement a policy to prevent and avoid crime.

Check the working conditions and provide them with equipment.

Reduce the state of crime, improve professional degrees in Puerto Vallarta.

Announced that as of January, the police receive 50% increase in salary, provided they meet the goals established to eradicate crime levels.

This increase will be gradual, it endorsed the commitment that at the end of three years the police earn double what they see today, however must meet certain parcels.

Guerrero also took the opportunity to talk about more benefits as provide scholarships to police children

The Integrated Family of Puerto Vallarta working hard in reviving their programs and improve each of its facilities, which have many needs and serious deterioration mainly due to lack of maintenance. The president of the organization, Magaly Ortiz Fregoso bets on the participation of private initiative and welcomes the enthusiasm with which the Dreams hotel chain participates in major social projects.

It was the hotel's general manager, Yann Leeguillon who accompanied Juan Manuel Marquez, human resources manager and coordinator Violeta Pinion, visited the facilities of the direction of child protection (IPR) of DIF by Hector Valencia to deliver a important donation in kind.

Managers of Dreams delivered to dependence which coordinates most preventive programs for the benefit of children and young people, four 29-inch televisions, 30 sets of white dishes and tableware, which will serve to equip where there is need for such or products will be sold at affordable prices in the bazaar to raise funds DIF.

Also Dreams Villa Magna staff led by General Manager Alma Gomez, came with all the necessary equipment to rehabilitate New Life Hostel facilities where they worked hard in the paint work, pruning, repairing electrical and plumbing to close the day sharing food with the 21 boys who live there, who also surprised with beautiful gifts.

For his part, the president of the social service agency is very happy said the outpouring of support and has had excellent response from companies like Dreams chain, who have been actively involved in supporting activities that benefit without regard to people most in need in the town.