U.S. motorists seek out cheaper gasoline in Mexico
Border residents struggling with high U.S. gas prices are turning to Mexico as a more affordable alternative.
Pemex gas station cashier Fabian Tinoco said he has seen 30 percent more Arizona license plates at the gas station in the border community of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, where gas in more than 50 cents cheaper per gallon.
Dora Dural, a secretary at another Pemex in San Luis Rio Colorado, said she has also seen gas sales increase but that’s because more Mexicans are deciding to purchase their gasoline in San Luis Rio Colorado instead of in neighboring San Luis, Ariz.
“They fill up here and don’t go there,” Dural said.
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Lopez Vows to Make Mexico Self Sufficient in Fuels
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the frontrunner in presidential polls for more than two years, pledged to make Mexico self sufficient in natural gas and gasoline in three years by increasing spending on the energy industry.
``Within three years, it's our promise and goal stop importing natural gas and gasoline,'' Lopez Obrador said during a Mexico City business conference.
Lopez Obrador said the lack of new refineries is ``criminal'' and promised to modernize the country's energy industry. Mexico now imports gasoline and natural gas from the U.S.
The candidate from the Democratic
Oil, Gasoline Rise as Hurricane Rita Shuts Gulf of Mexico Rigs
Crude oil and gasoline climbed as Hurricane Rita threatened rigs, refineries and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, less than a month after Hurricane Katrina struck.
Producers including BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. evacuated staff and shut off-shore operations in the Gulf. Rita may reach the coast of Texas, the producer of a quarter of the nation's refined fuel, by Friday. The storm is expected to grow as strong as Katrina, which shut down nearly 10 percent of U.S. refining capacity when it hit last month.
``Rita is more
Mexico to seek new deal with U.S. on agricultural products
Mexico will seek a new accord with the United States to protect part of its agricultural products from impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a presidential spokesman said on Monday.
Mexican Economy Minister Sergio Garcia de Alba and Agriculture Minister Francisco Mayorga Castaneda will fly to Washington next week to discuss the issue with U.S. officials beyond the framework of the trade agreement, spokesman Ruben Aguilar said.
The visit is made after Canada and the United States turned down Mexico's request
Mexico to hire consultant on oil project
Mexico and nine other countries mostly from Central America will choose by Jan. 20 a firm to help them study the best location for a regional oil refinery, said Mexico´s Energy Secretary at a news conference.
Presidents from the group of countries, which include Colombia and the Dominican Republic, in a meeting on Tuesday in Cancun also agreed to form a company with about US$100 million to buy oil and distribute the gasoline produced by the refinery, said Mexican Energy Minister Fernando Canales, according to the transcript of a news conference held today and
Crude oil rose to a record $68 a barrel in New York on concern that a storm may disrupt output in the Gulf of Mexico, where 30 percent of U.S. oil is produced.
Tropical Storm Katrina is forecast to reach hurricane strength before crossing Florida on Aug. 26 and moving into the U.S. Gulf, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. Last year prices jumped at least $10 a barrel, or 22 percent, in the month after Ivan, a category-4 hurricane, swept through the area, cutting production and damaging rigs.
``We saw last year just how much oil shot
The main international car hire companies operate in all countries, but tend to be very expensive, reflecting the high costs and accident rates. Hotels and tourist agencies will tell wnere t0 find cheaper rates, but you will need to check that you have such basics as a spare wheel, toolkit and functioning lights, etc You'll probably have more fun if you drive yourself, although it's always possible to hire a car with driver. If you are in a group it is worth considering hiring a vehicle as it can be cost effective to club together.
Mexico retailers seek antitrust law to slow Walmex
Mexico's long-established retailers want the Congress to strengthen antitrust laws to stop Wal-Mart's expansion juggernaut from devouring smaller businesses, a sector leader said on Thursday.
Vicente Yanez, head of the retail association ANTAD that includes about 100 top retailers other than Wal-Mart Mexico, said fierce competition from the global powerhouse is one factor squeezing sales for other retailers, along with a thriving informal economy and tepid economic growth in Mexico.
Yanez urged lawmakers to pass proposals to bring anti-monopoly laws to international standards and provide for more "equilibrium" in the market.
"In Mexico we're used to
Prezelski: Hidalgo's shouts aroused Mexico's Indians to seek freedom
According to the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, it was the farmers at Concord who began the American Revolution with the famous "shot heard round the world."
But for the country just south of us, it was not a shot but a shout that began the Mexican War of Independence that freed it from its colonial oppressors.
As many revolutions often do, Mexico's began modestly enough. A group of mixed-race intellectuals established a social club and literary club in the town of Querétaro. During the meetings they discussed independence, but they were not republicans. What
Mexico's Calderon Vows to Avoid Fox Errors, Will Seek Allies
Felipe Calderon, the 2006 presidential candidate from President Vicente Fox's National Action Party, said he will avoid the incumbent's errors and build the alliances needed to push legislation through Congress.
Calderon said in an interview that he would consider appointing members of other parties to his cabinet to gain support for bills stalled under Fox, including proposals to boost private investment in the energy industry. Calderon criticized Fox -- whom he served under for 10 months as energy minister -- for failing to reach out to opposition politicians.
``If it's
Puerto Juarez
About 3 km north of Cancun, Puerto Juarez is the dock for the cheaper ferry services to Isla Mujeres; there is also a bus terminal, but services are more frequent from Colour map 4, grid A3 Cancun. There are, many buses between Cancun and Puerto Juarez, for example No 8 opposite the bus terminal (US$0.70), but when the ferries arrive from Isla Mujeres there are many more taxis than buses (taxi fare should be no more than US$2, beware overcharging).
