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AMLO’s First 100 Days as Team Mexico Manager

By RICARDO CASTILLO     Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador(AMLO) is currently preparing his report on his first 100 days in office. The precise day will be Sunday, March 10, but he’s already announced that he will instead blow his own horn on Monday, March 11, during his daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. Last Wednesday,March

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Mexican Government Buys 571 Tankers from US

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     As part of his ongoing war against fuel theft, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Monday, Jan. 21, that his government has signed contracts to purchase 571 oil tankers from the United States. The new tankers, which cost $85.4 million, will have a combined capacity to transport up to 116,897 barrels

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Tlahuelilpan Death Toll Now at 79

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     The number of dead resulting from the explosion at the gasoline duct in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, has risen to 79, according to Mexican Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer Varela. And while there are still 81 people in hospitals, most in serious condition, Alcocer Varela said that the majority have been or are being transported to specialized

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AMLO Freezes Huachicoleo Banks Accounts

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)  announced on Thursday, Jan. 17, that the federal Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) has frozen the bank accounts of 37 businesses believed to be linked to huachicoleo (gasoline piracy). A statement issued by the UIF, which is a subsidiary of the Treasury Secretariat, noted that

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CitiBanamex Predicts Losses of 24 Billion Pesos Due to Gasoline Shortages

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     CitiBanamex, Mexico’s second-largest bank, issued a statement on Tuesday, Jan. 15, stating that the current gasoline shortage resulting from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) nationwide offensive against fuel robberies will translate into a loss of nearly 24 billion pesos in the nation’s 2019 Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That figure represents about .1 percent

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Guanajuato Governor Looks North in Search of Gasoline

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     While gasoline shortages in some parts of Mexico – particularly in Mexico City – caused by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) all-out offensive to stop fuel thefts at any cost – have finally begun to subside as a fleet of guarded tankers begins to meet demand, Guanajuato Governor Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo has

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AMLO’s War on Huachicol Has Several Fronts

By RICARDO CASTILLO     By shutting off the ducts carrying fuel from the state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in order to stop robbery, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) opened up a Pandora’s box. His problem is now how to shut it closed again. AMLO’s open declaration of war against huachicol (pronounce wa-chee-kol), or fuel theft, is, 17 days since it

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2019 To Be Dedicated to Emiliano Zapata

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO     As millions of Mexicans look forward to an uncertain future in terms of transport because of the growing nationwide shortage of gasoline and other fuels, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) decided to look instead to the country’s past with the announcement on Friday, Jan. 11, that 2019 will be dedicated to the memory

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