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Government plan
to offer Mexicans
economic security
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Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — The govern
ment is studying a new financial pro
gram that, among other points,
would provide extra protection for
Mexico against any possible im
balances from the international oil
market or interest rates.
The program, being studied by
the Treasury Department, would es
tablish a financial institution that
would create a reserve from petro
leum income to be used in the event
of any sudden changes in oil prices
or international interest rates.
A 186-page report says the new
system would “recycle more effi
ciently the resources coming from
petroleum.” No indication was given
if or when the system might be put
into effect, and no details were pro
vided about how the system would
work.
Mexico is the world’s fourth larg
est producer of petroleum with a
proauction level of 2.7 million bar
rels daily. It increased production
rapidly auring the oil boom years of
the late 1970s, but by 1982 falling
prices and a massive foreign debt
contracted on the expectation of
continued prosperity led to a severe
economic crisis that persists.
Petroleum exports of 1.4 million
barrels daily are oy far Mexico’s larg
est source of dollars, badly needed to
meet payments on its $95.9 billion
foreign debt.
The export level was reduced by
100,000 barrels in November to co
operate with the Organization of Pe
troleum Exporting Countries’ ef
forts to stabilize world oil prices.
Mexico is not a member of OPEC
but generally follows its price
guidelines.
Rising interest rates make debt
payments more expensive, and gov
ernment officials frequently have
criticized them for endangering the
recovery from the recession.
The new program being studied,
called the National Program of Fi
nancing for Development, outlines
way the banking system could con
tribute to “satisfying the basic neces
sities of the population so that eco
nomic growth might be subjected to
social development.”
The domestic private banking sys
tem was nationalized in September
1982, at the height of the economic
crisis, by then-President Jose Lopez
Portillo. He accused it of “sacking”
the country of urgently needed dol
lars.
The document says priority
should be given to production of ba
sic grains in the agricultural sector,
followed by oils, fruits and vegeta
bles, while in the cattle sector prior
ity should go to milk, eggs and meat
for domestic consumption
Chopper crashes into ship,
six men dead, one missing
Associated Press
HONOLULU — A U.S. Air Force
helicopter sent to evacuate a sick sea
man from a merchant ship crashed
on the vessel Wednesday, killing six
crewmen and leaving a seventh miss
ing and presumed dead, authorities
said.
The HH-53 helicopter crashed
and started a fire aboard the Asian
Beauty, a Panamanian-registered
vessel, about 1:34 p.m. HST as the
ship was 540 nautical miles north of
Honolulu, said Air Force spokesman
Sgt. Paul Chute.
The helicopter had been sent to
the vessel to- evacuate a British sea
man who was suffering from inter
nal bleeding.
The fire aboard the ship was
brought under control, said Coast
Guard spokesman Bob Jones. The
wreckage of the helicopter was lit
tered on the ship’s deck.
The Coast Guard cutter Munro
and another helicopter were en
route to the scene, Jones said. The
cutter was expected to reach the ship
late Wednesday afternoon, and a
Japanese vessel also was in the area.
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