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Montevideo, May 4th 2024 - 20:38 UTC

Tag: Mexico City

  • Friday, March 29th 2019 - 18:39 UTC

    Montevideo: The most expensive city and the best place to live in Latin America?

    Unlike the cities studied of the great neighbors, Brazil and Argentina, Montevideo (and Uruguay) stands out for the quality of its democracy and its relative economic stability

    The Uruguayan capital is the most expensive and the best to live in the region. At least that's what the studies of The Economist, which positioned Montevideo behind Mexico City in terms of cost, and the consultancy Mercer, which places the capital at the top of Latin American quality of life ranking, revealed in publications made this month. El País (Madrid) explains that Montevideo has a “crazy decadent charm”. However, why does this phenomenon occur?

  • Sunday, January 20th 2019 - 05:07 UTC

    Lopez Obrador vows to end fuel theft; dozens die when thieves puncture gasoline pipeline

    “We have to continue with the plan to end fuel theft,” Mr. López Obrador said during a news conference. “We will not stop. We will eradicate this.”

    Mexico’s president vowed on Saturday to redouble his fight against an epidemic of fuel theft after thieves punctured a pipeline north of Mexico City, causing an explosion that killed at least 73 people and injured 75 others. The blast underscored the deadly perils of the fuel-theft racket, which has cost the government billions of dollars a year and has been the target of a weeks' long crackdown by the administration of Mexico’s new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

  • Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

    Mexican president elect will hold a national consultation on ten key policy proposals

    The Lopez Obrador incoming administration will set up 1,102 polling stations across the country where residents will be asked to fill out a form, “yes” or “no”

    Mexico’s incoming government will hold a national public consultation on Nov. 24-25 for residents to voice their opinion on 10 key policy proposals ranging from a new rail line and oil refinery to reforestation and free public internet initiatives.

  • Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 10:11 UTC

    López Obrador closes his campaign with an anticipated victory

    More than 100,000 people attended the closing of the campaign of Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the Azteca stadium

    The candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed his electoral campaign last Wednesday ahead the presidential elections on Sunday filling the largest stadium in the world on a working day. The only leftist candidate steals public attention in Mexico and leads the polls with an anti-system and reforming discourse.

  • Thursday, May 17th 2018 - 10:46 UTC

    Record inflow of international tourist to Mexico in the first quarter

    In the first quarter of 2017, a total of 9.4 million foreign tourists visited Mexico. This represented 6.217 billion U.S. dollars in tourism revenue for the first quarter

    The number of international tourists to Mexico in the first quarter rose to a record high of 10.6 million, a 12.6% increase year-on-year, said the country's tourism ministry on Sunday.

  • Monday, May 7th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

    WHO claims 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants

    Updated estimations reveal an alarming death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution.

    Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world. New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. Updated estimations reveal an alarming death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution.

  • Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 - 11:19 UTC

    Busiest air route in North America is Mexico City/Cancun with 3.7m pax

    Mexico City Juarez/Cancun 1.295kms route in the twelve-month period to October 31, 2017, was at the top of the rankings. The average cost of a ticket was US$72.

    A new study shows that Mexico City to Cancun is the busiest air route in North America. Almost 3.7 million passengers traveled the 1,294 km journey between Mexico City Juarez and Cancun in the twelve-month period between November 1, 2016 and October 31, 2017, putting it at the top of the study’s rankings. The average cost of a ticket was US$72.

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