“[Mexican] government officials downplayed the immediate negative effects of liberalizing [fuel] prices in order to get people on board for reform. But it comes at a bad time politically and economically for the country. The government is unpopular because of corruption scandals and the economy is doing poorly with PEMEX’s production falling and the peso losing value.”
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