The state oil company has adopted a new look one that is intended to reflect a new Pemex The new gas station design was officially inaugurated today at a station in Atizapán Santa Cruz in México state The head of the company’s industrial transformation division said the new design will be incorporated at 45 stations this year eight new ones and 37 that will be renovated Carlos Murrieta Cummings said the new concept was intended to maintain the franchise’s leadership in the domestic market “The new image breaks with the conventional and projects a new Pemex: a highly competitive business in an open market.” The company said in a statement that the new design reflects an eagle in flight with its wings extended towards new challenges.” Murrieta also said the company’s objective is to provide the highest standards of customer service The general manager of the Pemex franchise holder that operates the station said its sales have doubled since the new design was incorporated in mid-June ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Too many automated requests from this network Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has inaugurated a new service station that bears the company’s new franchise image in the Centro district The new design of the Pemex franchise shows a strong extending its wings and on to new challenges It breaks with conventions and projects the new Pemex: a highly competitive company in an open market A total of 45 petrol stations are set to incorporate the new branding this year and eight stations will be constructed with the new design Driving future of mobility – Meet us at P2D to experience EV charging in a whole new dimension Book your stand NOW! 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Read moreHe spared his harshest words, however, for Mexico’s own president, Enrique Peña Nieto who he accused of failing stand up to his US counterpart ‘You will respect the Mexican people,’” López Obrador said A self-styled outsider, mocked by critics as the “Mexican messiah”, López Obrador is the left’s perpetual presidential candidate. He is leading in early polls for the 2018 election, playing on discontent with the country’s economic underperformance and unhappiness with a political class perceived as living in luxury while ordinary Mexicans see salaries stagnate López Obrador draws comparisons to leftwing leaders such as Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn: politicians who have endured ridicule for sticking to a set of ideals which eventually resonate with voters But his critics also compare López Obrador to Trump declaring him a dangerous demagogue who does not respect democratic norms: he has twice refused to accept general election defeats Andrés Manuel López Obrador joins supporters in Mexico City during his 2006 run for the presidency. Photograph: David de la Paz/EPAUnlike those he’s compared to, López Obrador has governing experience, in Mexico City from 2000 to 2005 He ran a populist and popular administration which kept subway fares low built elevated freeways and partnered with the billionaire Carlos Slim to restore the city’s historic centre He also provided stipends to seniors and single mothers initiatives initially denounced as populism but replicated by others including Peña Nieto López Obrador has widened his lead in the polls although major rival parties have yet to name their candidates he launched a US tour meant to defend Mexican migrants and highlight what he considers shortcomings in the Mexican government’s response to Trump “They have not realized what Donald Trump’s strategy is,” he told Univisión “I think that many have not realized that it is Other politicians from Mexico’s mainstream political parties are currently touring the US López Obrador is trying to capitalize on anti-Trump sentiment though analysts say he is also trying to calm foreign critics who see his rise in the polls as part of an anti-American backlash constant campaigning and leftward leanings unsettle Mexico’s political and business classes – the latter having sunk his 2006 presidential campaign with scaremongering ads which compared him to the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez and branded him “a danger for Mexico” Mexican politicians are often accused of using elected office as an opportunity for personal enrichment While mayor of Mexico City he was memorably chauffeured around in a small Nissan His critics point out the incongruence of an an anti-system candidate whose party continues to collect a share of the $200m in public money that is showered on political parties history professor at the Iberoamerican University described López Obrador as “authentically austere” but said he often forms alliances with politicians with checkered pasts Observers say that as Mexico moves away from nationalism and a closed economy to free trade and more open markets AMLO’s stalwart opposition to technocratic rule has made him the target for an elite suddenly contemplating a future cut loose by the US Thousands of López Obrador supporters rally in Mexico City in 2006. Photograph: Daniel Aguilar/Reuters“He’s the person that would displace the political group that has governed Mexico since the 1980s,” Semo said. That’s why they’re so severe with him.” losing by a sliver the first time in an election he considers to have been rigged Like Trump he often attacks the media and criticises negative polls his simple language connects with ordinary voters although whereas the US president prefers boastful hyperbole López Obrador’s style is plainspoken to the point of being somewhat dull “He’s an excellent communicator with a simple discourse,” said Fernando Dworak a political consultant who said López Obrador also employed the politics of personality and showed “little commitment to institutions” proposes infrastructure spending – including five new refineries – and talks of reviving the countryside and holding a referendum on the current government’s structural reforms “He’s a nationalist who loves his country and is against the corruption,” said Carmen Muñoz but these rapacious and thieving politicians are living in opulence when we have millions of poor people starving.”