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Subject: IFTI Watch: Mexico Sets Precedent for Using National-Level Access
Law to Open Activities of International Financial Institutions
freedominfo.org IFTI Watch Update, January 20, 2006
Mexico Sets Precedent for Using National-Level Access Law To Open Activities
of International Financial Institutions
http://www.freedominfo.org
January 20, 2006 - Issa Luna Pla of the Mexican non-governmental
organization LIMAC reports for freedominfo.org's IFTI Watch that Mexico this
week established a landmark precedent for the application of national
freedom of information laws to the activities of international institutions.
On January 16, 2006, the Mexican National Bank of Public Works and Services
released documents as ordered by the Mexican information commission last
November, related to a $108 million World Bank loan to the state of
Guanajuato, Mexico.
The November 16, 2005 decision by the Federal Institute for Access to Public
Information (IFAI) sets a legal precedent and frees up new material about a
major project to reform the water systems, the highways and the housing
infrastructure in Guanajuato - the home state of Mexican President Vicente
Fox, and neither the poorest Mexican state, nor one affected by emergencies
and conflict. The newly released documents are currently being analyzed by
Mexican NGOs.
Please follow the link below to read the full article:
http://www.freedominfo.org
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