Sheinbaum makes a deal to cap gas prices: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

Among the issues President Claudia Sheinbuam spoke astir astatine her Thursday greeting property league were a “voluntary” terms headdress for gasoline, the value of concern promotion and a governmental memoir she has written.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Feb. 27 mañanera.

Regular gasoline (known arsenic Magna astatine Pemex stations) volition beryllium capped astatine 24 pesos a liter for the adjacent six months. (Galo Cañas Rodríguez/Cuartoscuro)

Price of state to beryllium capped astatine 24 pesos per liter for 6 months

Sheinbaum noted that aboriginal successful the time her authorities would formally participate into an statement with state presumption owners to headdress the terms of regular gasoline (Magna) astatine nary much than 24 pesos (US $1.17) per liter for six months.

“It’s for six months initially,” Sheinbaum said, adding that determination volition beryllium a reappraisal of the state terms headdress erstwhile the statement expires.

On Thursday afternoon, Sheinbaum said connected societal media that the authorities had signed “a historical statement with state presumption owners to voluntarily found a maximum terms of 24 pesos [per liter] for magna gasoline.”

“We support families’ finances,” she added.

Investment promotion a ‘fundamental task’ of the Economy Ministry

Shortly aft the CEO of Home Depot México announced that the institution would put US $1.3 cardinal successful Mexico implicit the adjacent 4 years, Sheinbaum told reporters that promoting concern is simply a “fundamental task” of the Economy Ministry, headed up by Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard.

She besides noted that the recently-announced Plan México economical initiative “establishes a bid of incentives to put successful definite places” based connected the circumstantial “characteristics” of antithetic parts of the country.

A institution that uses a batch of h2o can’t unfastened a works successful the northbound of the country, “where determination is nary water, oregon successful areas that person shortages of potable water,” Sheinbaum said.

She stressed that the authorities is seeking to dispersed concern crossed Mexico, including via the constitution of new concern corridors spanning each 32 national entities.

The Plan México improvement programme offers concern incentives based connected what each portion has to offer. The Baja corridor, for example, includes greenish vigor projects similar star farms. (CFE)

Not each concern should spell to the north, “as was the past of our country,” Sheinbaum said, adding that the authorities continues to beforehand concern successful the historically disadvantaged southbound and southeast, arsenic did the authorities of her predecessor, erstwhile president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

“This is simply a imperishable occupation of the Economy Ministry. … It’s not conscionable concern for investment’s involvement but alternatively concern that creates bully jobs, well-paid jobs,” she said, adding that her authorities is besides committed to the improvement of infrastructure, healthcare facilities and lodging successful the caller concern corridors.

The erstwhile national authorities shut down Mexico’s planetary commercialized and concern agency, called ProMéxico.

Sheinbaum’s remarks astir concern promotion and Plan México came 2 days aft the Economy Ministry reported that Mexico received astir US $37 cardinal successful overseas nonstop concern past year.

Sheinbaum hopes to people a publication wrong 2 months 

A newsman noted that Sheinbaum has been moving connected a publication astir the modulation of powerfulness from the authorities of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to her administration.

The president said the publication is called “Diario de una transición histórica” (Diary of a Historic Transition) and is presently “under review.”

She said she was looking for a publishing house, and hoped it would beryllium disposable successful “one oregon 2 months.”

Sheinbaum was sworn successful arsenic Mexico’s archetypal pistillate president connected Oct. 1, 4 months aft she became the 2nd Morena enactment campaigner to triumph a statesmanlike predetermination successful Mexico. She says her authorities is gathering the “second story” of the alleged “fourth transformation” initiated by López Obrador.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])