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    http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/09/me...-his-promises/
    Mexicans Are Rioting Because Trump Is Coming Through On His promises

    Mexicans are livid because President-elect Donald Trump is keeping the promises he made on the campaign trail to the American people, and Mexico is feeling the heat.

    Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Thursday that the Mexican government will raise the price of gas at the pump, the latest in a slew of bad news for the people of Mexico, as the country is heavily dependent on gas imports. Following the announcement, large numbers of Mexican citizens took to the streets, looting and rioting as news broke that gas prices would rise as much as 20 percent in one weekend.

    While many Mexicans are angry over soaring gas prices, the most recent outburst is likely due to a culmination of ills plaguing the nation: corruption, historic homicide rates, a vibrant drug trafficking economy, and a recent onslaught of attacks from President-elect Donald Trump.

    Trump promised throughout the course of his presidential campaign that companies would pay for moving operations overseas, and, in particular, to Mexico. Trump promised to “build a wall,” along the U.S. shared border with Mexico, and to introduce stricter immigration and trade policies. All of these promises have fostered a great deal of unrest in Mexico, as the nation gears up for the incoming Trump administration.

    The fear among the Mexican people is not unwarranted, since Trump is living up to his promise to be tough on multinational corporations. Trump went on a Twitter tirade against General Motors Corporation for exporting car manufacturing to Mexico, after which Ford announced the next day that it was cancelling plans to build a $1.6 billion car manufacturing plant in Mexico. Trump also threatened Toyota last Thursday, tweeting out if the company goes through with its plan to build cars in Baja, Mexico, the firm will face a “big border tax.” Trump’s warnings to these companies seem to have mainly impacted Mexico. The Mexican Peso hit record lows last week after Trump went after General Motors and Toyota.

    “The market is increasingly convinced Donald Trump wasn’t kidding around about tackling Mexico and production in Mexico,” Currency Analyst, Adam Button, told reporters.

    Mexico is outraged, not just at Donald Trump, but with their own president. Shortly after announcing that gas prices would rise significantly, social media exploded with policy recommendations for President Nieto, many of them showing their disgust for the current administration, the New York Times reports. Nieto’s approval ratings are now below 25 percent, and the Mexican president appears to be struggling to stoke national moral.

    Mexico voted in October to end the state’s monopoly over the energy industry, and allow gas prices to fluctuate based on the market forces of supply and demand. The country decided to stop subsidizing the energy sector in hopes that the government would be able to allocate more of its discretionary funds towards social programs.

    Mexico imports over half of its gasoline from the U.S., and Trump’s recent tirade against businesses with operations in Mexico sent the Peso tumbling, making gas imports that much more burdensome.

    Presumably sparked by the price increase, and further fueled by outrage over Trump’s recent comments, Mexicans began rioting. Protestors staged marches and blocked traffic on major highways.

    While looting and criminal activity largely subsided by Sunday evening, protests are still ongoing.

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    It doesn't talk about a lockdown of immigration. Or the BILLIONS that get western unioned down to Mexico from US illegal immigrants. yuuge

    Why is it ANY of Mexico's business if America decides to build a wall. Wouldn't that help protect Mexico as well? Right now the as busing immigrants from their southern border straight to US border.

    The Peso isn't low because of Trump. It is so land, resources and companies can be bought on the CHEAP before the dollar tanks.

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    Remember this bs:
    https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov...s-achievements

    Energy
    • We established the U.S.-Mexico Energy Business Council, which will meet on December 15-16 to deepen energy cooperation through dialogue with industry.
    • We developed an integrated trilateral energy information platform, as a sharing mechanism for publicly available energy information, data and statistics, including updates on the North American mapping system.
    • The first U.S. Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) was published in 2015, focusing on energy infrastructure. Mexico provided technical input on a North America chapter. The second QER, scheduled to be completed in December 2016, will focus on the U.S. electric system and include further analysis on North American integration. Mexico’s energy reform and the implementation of proactive domestic policies and programs in both countries opened further opportunities for increased electricity integration, as well as through pipeline transport of natural gas and oil products.
    • We have strengthened our energy and environmental cooperation by implementing the Agreement concerning Trans-boundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico by signing three Memoranda of Understanding and two Letters of Intent, to promote sustainable and transparent development of energy resources and deepen cooperation on safety and environmental best practices and experiences related to offshore hydrocarbon resources.


    [b] US spent YUUGE amounts of tax payer money to open up Mexico's energy sector, and then opened it up to international bids. Guess What? Almost all the bids went to NON US based corporations. What a joke.

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    La verdad nos hará libres

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    The last time I was in Mexico at Laredo (mid-2000's) gas was 25 cents per gallon... I read recently that Saudi Arabia raised gas prices from 5 cents to 50 cents per gallon. Maybe the protestors there got their heads chopped off...
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    Mexican word for the day...RUN!!! LMFAO
    If I havent offended you please be patient Ill get to you as soon as I can...... and yes Im a Bloomquist fan...deal w it!!! WWG1WGA!!!

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    What turns my crank is that we spent a lot of dough in Mexico for what? Mexico's energy was nationalized with Pemex. We gave them a lot of dough to open the oil market. The oil contracts went to out of country corporations.

    And do we really want BP doing deep water drilling in the Gulf?

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