Transporters in Guatemala Demand Direct Subsidy to Diesel
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New day of demonstrations in Guatemala. The union of the transporters stood in front of the National Palace and Congress to demand concrete measures against the rise in the prices of diesel. Although the demonstrations pressured the Government to pass a law that frozen the price in five dollars, the union rejects it and asks President Bernardo Arévalo to leave. The transporters demand a direct subsidy to the final consumer of 1.97 dollars per ga…
Guatemala City, 9 Sep (EFE).- Different stretches of road and access remain blocked this Wednesday in Guatemala by the guild of the transporters, in protest at the continuous increase in the price of the oil derivatives and in rejection of a new law approved by Congress to set a cap on the rates [...] Entry The blockades continue in Guatemala for the increase in the price of the fuels was first published in HolaNews.
The regulation establishes an economic compensation mechanism aimed at maintaining a reference price for three fuels: diesel fuel oil, regular petrol and higher petrol.
After the approval of Decree 21-2026, which establishes temporary support for fuels, one of the main doubts is how much Guatemalans will pay for each gallon and when the measure will begin to apply. The new law sets reference prices for diesel, regular gasoline and the higher. However, these amounts still [...]
Day to Day News Guatemala–The Congress of Guatemala approved a law of national urgency that establishes maximum prices for the main fuels, amid demonstrations and claims of different sectors for the increase of the fuels and its impact on the cost of living. The regulation, converted in Decree 21-2026, establishes a limit [...] The post Congress sets in Q39 the gallon of diesel and regular gasoline and in Q41 the top appeared first on .
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