New Indian missile

STORIES IN THE MOCHIS DEBATE

April 11, 1999

NEW INDIAN MISSILE. New Delhi. The Indian government tested the most updated version of its two-stage intermediate-range missile, ignoring calls from the United States to suspend its nuclear program and focus on resolving its disputes with Pakistan. The launch of Agni II, the first test in five years of India's most powerful weapons system and bringing it to a functional level, immediately caused expressions of concern from Pakistan and the United States and fear of another stage of the nuclear arms race. . “Today is a great day for India,” Defense Minister George Fernandez said, dismissing questions about the political repercussions of the test. “We don't need anyone to talk to us about moderation. No one can put pressure on us and India will not compromise with anyone on its national security,” he added. Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz confirmed that Pakistan received the warning. “We are disappointed and worried. We have decided on restraint. But now Pakistan will have to decide in the coming days how to respond to the Indian tests,” he said. Agni, which means “fire” in Sanskrit, would be India's main carrier warfare system. Any of the missiles can carry nuclear and non-nuclear warheads and can reach targets located in the territories of Pakistan and China.

SELECTIVE EVICTIONS. Although Canaco approved the relocation visas for informal traders, it described the action as selective and partisan. The local body condemned the fact that the municipal agency is favoring political centers of the PRI, such as the CTM, and leaders of suborganizations or the workers' union. This should not happen because the city council is legitimizing and giving strength to the leaders of PRI groups who are dedicated to representing a few employees. In this case, relocation is a double-edged sword.

THEY INVADE LANDS BY THE MOCHIS-TOPO. On one side of the road to Topolobampo, at the height of La Remolacha, invasions by squatters encouraged by a popular leader identified as Refugio López are emerging. The families said they had been there for two years with their cardboard and sheet homes, obtaining permission from the city council to continue there; However, they revealed that suddenly two months ago, and more recently a week ago, people began to arrive to take over a lot.

100 DAYS OF GOVERNMENT. Culiacán. At the beginning of the new state government and the municipal administrations, their respective leaders assumed a commitment to evaluate their first hundred days of office, as a way to outline strategies and directions that respond to the needs and demands of citizens. After that time, the population has its own assessment. The most heartfelt demand of society is, and will continue to be, that of real public security that allows families to live in peace and the source of jobs that allow the population to face the challenges and problems of the economic crisis.

MADRAZO WILL SOLVE THE COLOSIO CASE. Mexico City Before governors and PRI leaders, the Attorney General of the Republic, Jorge Madrazo, assured that the Colosio Case will be resolved in a few months. Since 1995, the national leadership of the PRI and the party's governors have met with the head of the PGR to learn about the progress in the investigation of the crime of the former presidential candidate. The leader of the party, José Antonio González, reported that five years later, the attorney presented the results of a serious and complete investigation.

Sylva Mónica Ruffo Kelly, who completed her basic and high school studies in Los Mochis, stayed two years in El Centro, California, where she perfected the English language. She joined El Debate in September 1994 as a translator and later, in 2000, she became an assistant to the Editorial Team of El Debate de Los Mochis, tasks that led her to take charge of the entertainment page for more than 10 years and the newspaper archive. Upon the death of the City Chronicler, Don Evaristo Fregoso, in September 2003, who wrote the Los Mochis column 50 and 25 years ago, Ruffo Kelly took over the history column, which he later changed to Mi Ciudad 50 and 25 years, in which he narrates what happened in those years on the same day of publication of the newspaper EL DEBATE of Los Mochis.

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