President Hip?lito Mej?a has cancelled his planned 12-day trip to Europe and the US, which was scheduled to begin tomorrow, Saturday 10 May. This news came too late for this morning?s papers, but by mid-morning other media were reporting on this sudden decision. The official reason given by government Press and Information director Luis Gonzalez Fabra was that the President has a number of important engagements in the country over the next few days, according to the website of CDN (Cadena de Noticias) TV News. The cancellation of a major international trip comes at a time
when the President?s re-election ambitions are being questioned by PRD party leaders.