The Mexican Sports Ministry : CONADE, cancelled all national scholastic championships including the Mexican Scholastic Chess Olympics, which decides the team that will represent Mexico in the Pan American Youth Championship. The cause for the suspension is the SWINE FLU.
Here is the link to my blog, the press release from the Mexican government is in spanish.
http://chesscampeona.blogspot.com/2009/04/la-conade-tambien-lucha-en-contra-de-la.html
www.chesscampeona.blogspot.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
This stinks! Let’s hope no one gets hurt.