Blag… Blag… Blagojevitch in the Mexican Press

Yesterday, the governor of the great state of Illinois, Rod Blagojevitch, was arrested on multiple charges of corruption surrounding his alleged attempts to sell the former senate seat of Barack Obama ‘to the highest bidder.’  Wow.  Illinois voters have sure picked some winners — the governor Blagojevitch replaced is currently behind bars, too.  If you really want to know what’s going on, check out the hometown Chicago Tribune, which headlines today’s edition with: “Is Blagojevitch ‘crazy’?”  

Since I’ve been documenting U.S. newspaper headlines on the Mexican drug war (see link at top of page), it seems fair to link to the headlines of Mexican newspapers, which have also picked up the story and have run a few articles on the arrest.  In no particular order:

• El Universal: Obama Pide Renuncia a Gobernador de Illinois 
• La Jornada: Arrestan al Gobernador de Illinois por Corrupción y Actos de Extorsión
• A.M.: Se Aferra al Poder
• El Diario: Pide Obama Renuncia de Gobernador de Illinois
• El Economista: Sale Gobernador de Illinois Bajo Fianza, Arrestan al Gobernador de Illinois Bajo Cargos de Corrupción, Obama Pide a Gobernador de Illinois que Renuncie
• Vanguardia: Obama pide la renuncia de Blagojevich
• El Sol de Mexico: Gobernador de Illinois se Aferra Desafiante a su Cargo, Pide Barack Obama Renuncia del Gobernador de Illinois
• La Crónica de Hoy: Niega el Hijo de Jesse Jackson Ser el “Comprador” del Escaño de Obama
• Even the PubliMetro is in the act, but you have to dig to page 9 to find Subastan Curules en Internet (a quip on people posting Obama’s Senate seat on eBay)

It’s a little too early for me to tell whether there’s anything interesting to say on how the Mexican press in interpreting and presenting the drama apart from the U.S. dailies.  If I do find anything, I post some more.  In the mean time, feel free to comment.

 

México, D.F.