Power trio: Carlos Slim, Salma Hayek and Denise
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December will soon be upon us, which in Mexico means it’s time for three things: tamales, las posadas and year-end lists. The magazine Poder y Negocios (Power and Business) already has weighed in with its rundown of los movers and shakers in various fields, including business, politics, journalism, culture and religion.
The list contains few big surprises. Among this year’s usual suspects are the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim, who sometimes seems to have a connection of one sort or another with every business in Mexico (including the magazine, which fails to acknowledge that Slim sits on the board of the all-powerful Televisa entertainment group, which has an editorial agreement with Poder y Negocios). Mexican President Felipe Calderon also gets major props from the magazine for ‘having recuperated for the presidency the image of real power’ by cracking down on narcotics mafias, although some Mexicans think the jury is still out on whether Calderon’s efforts are bearing fruit.
Also cited are Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera and entertainment impresario Salma Hayek, who somehow found time between acting jobs and producing the hit TV show ‘Ugly Betty’ to pose in today’s Mexico City newspapers with her new baby.
La Plaza did notice one somewhat unexpected name on the magazine’s list: Denise Dresser, a political analyst who regularly contributes opinion pieces to the newspaper you are now reading. Poder y Negocios praises Dresser as ‘the moral conscience for thousands of Mexicans’ and opines that Dresser’s ‘frank and direct manner’ has made her ‘one of the journalists with the most credibility and respect in the country.’
Anyone want to offer some other nominees? What about Cuauhtemoc Blanco?
Posted by Reed Johnson in Mexico City