2017 Mexican protests
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2017 Mexican protests
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The 2017 Mexican protests were a series of protests against a hike in the price of gasoline by the Mexican government which came into effect on 1 January 2017. Thousands of protestors marched, blocked highways and shut down state-owned gas stations. The rise in price—known in Mexico as the gasolinazo—was a result of president Enrique Peña Nieto's privatization of the Mexican oil industry. Other factors that led to the protests include high inflation, a weak peso, widespread violence due to the M
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Series of protests against a hike in the price of gasoline by the Mexican government
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Mexican_protests
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2023-11-15T00:53:08Z
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