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January 23, 2019IN THE NEWS

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Mexico's International Reserves growMexico. - The balance of international reserves amounted to more than 175,091 billion dollars, which meant a weekly increase of 154 million dollars, reported Banco de México.

In its statement, the agency explained that, with the above, international reserves recorded an accumulated growth of 298 million dollars, compared to the end of 2018 when they were located in 174,793 billion dollars.

According to Banxico, the weekly variation was mainly the result of the change in the value of the international assets of the central bank itself.

Akron expands its presence in MexicoMexico.- The Akron company, in addition to expanding its network of gas stations in Mexico with 80 new stations of its franchise, also wants to supply fuel to service stations.

To achieve the above, the company will invest around six billion pesos for the construction of six storage terminals, informed the general director, Joel Corona Coronado, who said that the first terminal will start operating next March in Lagos de Moreno Jalisco , and will have the logistical flexibility to receive trains, in addition to the distribution in auto tanks and allocated resources for one billion pesos.

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"Memo" Ochoa, nominated as a Goalkeeper of the yearBrussels. - The Mexican Guillermo Ochoa, who plays in Standard de Liège, was nominated as Goalkeeper of the Year in Belgium and highlights his performances with the club and the National Team of Mexico.

Ochoa was chosen by the Belgian newspaper "HLN" and competes against four other archers. The strengths of the Aztec goal are its low reflexes the three poles, as well as the World Cup and even came to be sought by Napoli of Italy.

After eight games without conceding goal, this week "Paco Memo" will return to the activity when his team faces KV Cortrique in the First Division of Belgium.

"Roma", maximum winner of the Critics' Choice AwardsCalifornia. - The film "Roma", by Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, was the winner during the 24th Critics' Choice Awards, making it the first non-English film to win this award.

He obtained four statuettes for Best Foreign Film, Best Cinematography, Best Director and Best Film. In this last category, the film defeated the favorites. At the Critics' Choice Awards, which brings together more than 300 radio, television and online services critics from the United States and Canada, "Roma" was also nominated in the categories of Editing, Screenplay, Actress and Production Design.

Mexico´s 104 manuscripts for the Alfaguara PrizeMadrid. - Around 104 manuscripts will participate from Mexico for the XXII edition of the Alfaguara de la Novela Prize, which will be held on January 23 in Madrid, Spain and which has been chaired by prominent writers since its first edition in 1998.

In this call 767 manuscripts were received. Its dissemination throughout the language, supported by the simultaneous edition of the winning works in Spain, Latin America and the United States, serves as a tribute to a common language of more than 500 million readers.

The prize consists in 175 thousand dollars, a sculpture by Martín Chirino and simultaneous publication throughout the Spanish-speaking territory. The winning novel will arrive at the bookstores next 21th of March.

OECD supports Mexico´s improvements in educationMexico. - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will accompany the government of Mexico in the redefinition of its priorities in education, assured the director of that international organization, Gabriela Ramos.

In an interview with Notimex, he explained that the OECD, with optimism, observes the opening of the federal government, in particular of the education authorities, regarding the recommendations it carries out to improve the National Education System.

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Mexico and China join cooperationMexico. - The Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maritime University of Shanghai to promote academic exchange and cooperation in the training of sailor marines.

This agreement will contribute to the academic exchange of students, teaching staff and the development of research projects, to promote in Mexico the best international practices in the maritime-port area.

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Mexico in Group A of the Tennis Federation CupMexico. - The Mexican tennis team was located in Sector A of the American Zone Group I of the Federation Cup, in which it will face Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay and will go to the playoff of the World Group II.

The squad led by Agustín Moreno will face these nations in Antioquia, Medellín, from February 6 to 9. Eight teams will compete in two groups of four teams and the winners of each sector will play the playoff to determine which nation will advance to the World Group II tie.

Pension for more than eight million seniors Valley of Chalco, EdoMex. - At the end of February, the Mexican government has the goal of providing eight million 500 thousand support Pension Cards for the for the Welfare of Older Adults program.

The president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, reported that already has a budget for this year of 100 billion pesos for the realization of this program with which the beneficiaries will receive a support of two thousand 550 pesos through cards that will be granted without intermediaries, directly to the beneficiaries, through the Banco del Bienestar, formerly Bansefi.