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STRIKE * Mexico - Trucker's strike called off
Mexico,DF,MEX -Land Line Magazine -March 23, 2009: -- The Monday, March 23, strike by Mexican motor carriers was called off thanks to an 11th hour deal struck between the National Chamber of Autotransporte de Carga – Canacar -- and the Mexican government... Canacar, Mexico’s motor carrier association, called for all trucking companies in Mexico to strike on the major roads in the country because of concerns revolving around fiscal subjects such as diesel costs and tolls... According to the statement, the agreement included items such as tax breaks for motor carriers, a debt-restructuring program, better security on various highways, and improved response on reports of stolen trucks and trailers... Nor did the subsequent agreement between Canacar and the Mexican government address the now dead cross-border trucking program...
* Truck drivers protest Mexican diesel prices in Reynosa
Reynosa,Tamaulipas,MEX -The Monitor (McAllen,TX,USA) /La Frontera, by Jared Taylor & Martha Leticia Hernández -March 23, 2009: -- Dozens of Mexican truck drivers stood beside their parked rigs Monday near the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge to protest the country's climbing diesel fuel prices and transport tax rates... The price of diesel has jumped by nearly 30 percent since last summer, when the Mexican government began to raise the country's fuel prices. A liter of diesel currently sells for nearly 8 pesos, or about $2.10 a gallon... That increase has eaten into Mexican cargo companies' profits, which, the protesters said, have virtually disappeared since fuel prices began to rise...
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