The Pain Mexicans are Feeling at the Gas Pump Is Spreading to Their Stomachs Christopher Woody - Business Insider
go to original January 19, 2017

A woman holding a sign with the Spanish message: "Oil country, and the people without money," protests fuel price hikes in Mexico City (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)

While the protests in Mexico against the country's fuel price hikes have pulled back from the extremes seen earlier this month, demonstrations have continued in recent days.

The prices increases, between 14% and 20% for gasoline and diesel, have animated public anger in Mexico in a way that previous unpopular policies haven't, and as those hikes begin to push other prices up, that frustration looks set to endure.

Tortillas — flour or corn disks cooked and adorned in myriad ways by millions of Mexicans every single day — are likely to become the next flash point.

Mexico City-based daily Reforma reported that a number of food products had gone up in price during the first two weeks of January, with tortilla prices going up by as much as 18%.

... By the end of that week, according to Mexican daily La Jornada, the average price for a kilo of tortillas at traditional outlets had exceeded 13 pesos, marking a 2.3% increase over the first 13 days of the month and a 5% jump over January 2016.

In seven of every 10 cities, tortillas were selling for above the average of 13.12 pesos, La Jornada reported, with peaks of 17 pesos in northern border cities Mexicali and Nogales and the southwest coastal city of Acapulco, among other places.

A tour of stores done by El Financiero found that prices for a number of staple food goods had gone up.

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