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28.2.09

STRIKES * Mexico - Transport strike in 17 states

Mexico,DF,MEX -WW4 Report's blog -24 Feb 2009: -- Some 500,000 Mexican bus and truck drivers and owners held a one-day strike on Feb. 16, slowing freight deliveries and forcing many passengers to find alternative transportation in 17 of the country's 32 entities (31 states and the Federal District)... The strike was called by the Alliance of Multimodal Transport, recently formed by about 200 transport associations. The alliance is demanding that the federal government freeze diesel fuel prices at 6.31 pesos (about $0.43) a liter; the fuel is distributed by the state-owned PetrĂ³leos Mexicanos (PEMEX) oil company... The strike was uneven...

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