* Revenue of the parastatal used for government current expenditure
The coordinator of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) in San Lazaro, Francisco Rojas, criticized institutional triumphalism Felipe Calderon has made management of Pemex, and said the parastatal situation is serious.
stressed that the parastatal's financial resources have been used to solve the problems of federal government finances by imposing a tax burden that is unprecedented in the global oil industry.
In a statement, said the federal government made a triumphant show of concern, because it paints an idyllic picture of Pemex does not correspond to reality.
The current situation of the oil industry is serious and affects its status as a strategic variable for national development and to ensure national security and sovereignty of Mé , Mexico, he said.
Without doubt, he added, the characteristics of policy implementation in the country over the past two d & # 233; ed have created many problems for the institution, which has hampered its proper development.
In addition, the House leader said during the last decade, high oil prices have generated income of public finances approximately 700 billion dollars and most of them have been earmarked for current expenditure. To the detriment of public investment, both in economic infrastructure to boost growth and jobs to cope with the growing investment needs fc music of our oil company. Hence
Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is now facing constraints to physical investment, affecting the maintenance of pipelines and storage tanks, which jeopardizes its operation.
Besides, it reportedly lacks the refining preventive maintenance, causing stoppages.
facilities are needed to prevent burning of gas and the sound of liquids and condensates, favoring the waste of resources, he added.
Francisco Rojas said governments have dismantled alternation human resource structure of Pemex, and displaced Mexican staff highly experienced contractor by the excessive use of foreign workers and technicians.
also said, has been recruiting "young PAN inexperienced to face the challenges of production to make the necessary contributions to technological innovation" ;.
There are glaring deficiencies in planning operations and in setting priorities for the company, said and stated that it has stressed the need to support activities exploration in the Southeast and avoid over-exploitation of deposits.
Therefore, we note that the resources for exploration should be directed towards the southeast and to avoid the pressures of transnational corporations in order to sell equipment, technology, secure contracts and appropriate of oil revenues.
However, Francisco Rojas, said that Pemex has supported projects supposedly profitable as Chicontepec, and stated that in that area could be 40 percent of reserves.
However, the same body has gradually reduced the quantification of the site, but has increased investment in developing and operating without accountability to the agencies responsible, he said.
PHOTO CAPTION: Francisco Rojas urged the government to boost Pemex to invest in exploracióny extraction.
tourism generates two percent of Latin American GDP
Lino Javier Calderón
Latin America has income equal to two percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) for tourism, while in the Caribbean, the figure over 16 percent, according to a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL).
The document, released by the office of the United Nations Organization (UNO) in Mexico, states that some countries like Mexico and Brazil also recorded ; s intense domestic tourism.
For these countries, tourism revenues are on the internal movement of its citizens by the arrival of international visitors, although they are relevant.
According to the report, macroeconomic indicators in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean show that tourism plays an important role in income.
In the Caribbean region equilibria are different in general the economies of those countries have more dependence on the tourism sector.
The region's overall average is 16 percent of gross domestic product, with cases such as Santa Lucia, in which case the tourism represents 30 percent.
In Central America the percentage is high relative to the overall average in Latin America, it reaches the equivalent of five percent of gross domestic product.
striking case of Uruguay in South America where the figure is four percent. According
ECLAC, national income from tourism depends on several factors, infrastructure, air connectivity, natural and cultural attractions.
PHOTO CAPTION: The study indicates that Mexico has become an industry leader. BRIEF
1 .- Suman number 18.1 million Internet users in Mexico
The number of Internet users in Mexico increased by 21 percent over last year, for a total of 18 million 109 thousand in January 2011, according to a study by ComScore, a firm U.S. digital measurement. The increase in Mexico
exceeded 15 per cent increase recorded in general in Latin America, a region that already has 112.7 million Internet users, according to the study. Brazil with 40.5 million and Mexico with 18.1 million, the two countries with more Internet users in Latin America, account for half the number of people connect to the network in the region. ComScore
will announce tomorrow details of his study Tuesday at a conference to be transmitted over the Internet from its headquarters in Reston, Virginia.
2 .- Only 45% cars in Mexico, secured
Less than half of the nearly 30 million cars on the country has the insurance coverage against claims for vehicles, representing a considerable risk due to high rates of accidents that still occur in cities and on highways throughout Mexico, said the Road Safety Centre Experimentacióny (CESVI) .
Deputy Director of Road Safety, Miguel Guzmán Negrete, said that each year there are four million vehicle crashes in Mexico, which cause around 24 000 deaths and 250 000 hospitalized, leading to economic losses of about four percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product. However, the center's president, Tonatiuh Gutiérrez, said that only between 40 and 45 percent of the vehicle fleet is insured. 3 .- Upgrades
raw, increased risk for the Mexican economy: Lamb
London. A sustained rise in global oil prices is the biggest risk to the economy of Mexico, which depends on the U.S. recovery, said Monday the secretary of Hacienda, Ernesto Cordero. "Certainly, (the value oil) is the main risk facing the Mexican economy, "Lamb said students at the London School of Economics.
"You could be a deterrent to the global recovery, and in the case of Mexico, it is crucial. We must have a U.S. economic recovery (...), that could be very crucial, "he added. He also stressed that the peso has been appreciating. The Mexican currency recently played up to two years and a half against the dollar.
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