XINHUA The Mexican government will take additional measures to counter rising inflation as part of the package against inflation and famine that took effect in May, Secretary of Finance Rogelio Ramirez de la O announced here Tuesday, Aug. 2. That package consisted of freezing the price on 24 basic products that Mexicans consume on a regular basis. However, despite that
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By KELIN DILLON A report by Bank of America (BoA) has revealed that environmental accidents committed by Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) have only increased under the administration of current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). “Areas of concern include 16 major refinery accidents since AMLO took office,” read the U.S. bank’s report, also highlighting the disastrous ocean
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Zero Coronavirus Cases Regardless of the initial alarm in Mexico about potential coronavirus cases, on Thursday, Jan. 23, Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer Varela emphatically denied “any confirmed cases” of the disease. There were, however, two confirmed reports of persons “under observation,” who were finally declared to be ill with “common colds.” One was a doctor in Reynosa,
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