The latest protest follows a night of widespread looting across several cities with hundreds of stores ransacked.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Mexico City.
Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Showing posts with label petrol prices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label petrol prices. Show all posts
January 06, 2017
Mexico: Protests Rage as Petrol Prices Shoot Up 20%
The latest protest follows a night of widespread looting across several cities with hundreds of stores ransacked.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Mexico City.
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October 29, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The financial wellbeing of British families fell at the fastest rate in at least 14 years, according to data which underline how inflation and frozen wages are making life tough for many households.
Rising food prices, record gas bills landing on doormats and stubbornly high petrol prices has combined with steadily increasing unemployment and low wage growth to create a miserable few months for many. The eurozone crisis and plunging stock markets made matters worse, knocking confidence, according to Alliance Trust, which analyses a number of official data sources to compile its Financial Reality Index. Read on and comment » | Harry Wallop, Retail Editor | Friday, October 28, 2011
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food prices,
fuel prices,
inflation,
petrol prices,
wages
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