Tatiana Clouthier announces that she will be leaving the position of Secretary of Commerce in Mexico City on October 6, 2022. Daniel Augusto Sanchez Moreno

With a broken voice, between tears, Tatiana Clouthier, Mexico’s economy minister, announced her resignation at the morning conference at the National Palace. “I had to play in the big leagues and you have to know when to retire. I go to the club where I will follow the team with encouragement,” said Clouthier when announcing his departure from the Ministry of Economy to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

“We respect her decision, we insist that she stay, but she is a woman with convictions,” the Mexican president said this morning. Clouthier (Sinaloa, 1964), also known as “Aunt Tatis”, a nickname that became popular on social media after leading President López’s victorious campaign in 2018.

However, the reasons for his departure are not entirely clear. “The only thing that comes out of my mouth and heart is thank you for teaching me to value differences as a space of respect, for allowing me to put my skills at the service of the country. This week I had to get up three times in the morning and I couldn’t take it anymore,” said Clouthier and then hugged the president, who did not return his gesture and only applauded his participation.

His resignation comes amid consultations between the governments of the United States and Mexico on the country’s energy policy after the minimum time required for talks under their trade agreement (TMEC) expired, rather than immediately seeking arbitration. Mexico, the United States and Canada decided to continue consultations to determine whether or not to establish a dispute resolution body in the TMEC energy case.

The Sinaloan politician, daughter of Mexico’s former presidential nominee for the right-wing National Action party in 1988, took over the economy ministry in January 2021 to address the country’s economic challenges, replacing Graciela Márquez Colín, the current president of Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). Her appointment as campaign manager for the 2018 presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a representative of the political left, surprised her family with a PAN tradition.

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The city, once dubbed “Murdertown USA,” has seen a significant drop in homicide and violent crime numbers this year as its Democratic mayor officially refused to defund police.

The latest crime statistics from Wilmington, Delaware showed a 44 percent year-over-year decrease in homicides in 2022 from 25 to 14 and a 24 percent decrease in shooting victims from 114 to 87.

A 14 percent drop was also recorded in all crimes in the first part, which include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault and theft, according to the latest city statistics Sept. 18.

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki acknowledged that there were some anti-police department protests when police were called to defund police following the death of George Floyd, but said his officers enjoy broadly good community support , and said he would “not consider” withdrawing funding from the prosecution.

“To me, we have one of the best police departments in America across the board,” the mayor told Fox News Digital.

“People in our community appreciate the work of the police. Anytime we have police misconduct, the chief is pretty quick to sort those people out.

Wilmington earned the nickname “Murdertown USA” in 2014 amid sky-high rates of violence that marked it as one of the nation’s most crime-ridden areas, especially considering Delaware’s comparatively low crime rate compared to other states.

The latest crime statistics from Wilmington, Delaware showed a 44 percent decrease in homicides in 2022 from the year before to 14 from 25 and a 24 percent decrease in shooting victims from 114 to 87. A 14 percent decrease was also seen in all parts -1 crimes recorded in total

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki acknowledged that there were some anti-police department protests when police were called to defund police following the death of George Floyd, but said his officers enjoy broadly good community support , and said he would “not consider” withdrawing funding from the prosecution

Theories about the driving factors behind Wilmington’s historically high crime rates vary, but many have pointed to significant levels of poverty and proximity to the major cities of Baltimore and Philadelphia, both notorious for violent crime but located in different states.

Purzycki said crime took a shark surge in late 2019 and into the pandemic, which he described as “disastrous for us and cities across the country because it has closed our courts.”

“Judges were reluctant to put people in jail,” he said, adding that “the system completely collapsed” before recovering towards the end of 2021 as pandemic restrictions eased and the Delaware General Assembly passed legislation increasing bail for passed some crimes.

The mayor commended the police for the work they have done in Wilmington and also claimed that implementing an initiative to prosecute gun crime offenders was instrumental in reducing crime numbers.

The encouraging decline in homicide and violent crime rates in Wilmington comes as retired police chiefs blamed the Defund the Police campaign for rising crime elsewhere in the country.

The movement gained momentum after the death of George Floyd – a black man murdered by a white police officer in May 2020 – and urged city officials to divert funds away from law enforcement and into alternative forms of social support.

But the campaign had dangerous “ripple effects” across the sector, the former top officers said, causing a dramatic increase in wait times for victims of vicious crimes and causing morale to plummet to the lowest levels in decades.

It comes as crime-ridden cities like New York City and Portland, Oregon, have downsized staffing levels in the wake of the campaign.

Retired Police Chief Jeff Rasche of Greenfield, Indiana, told Fox News Digital that there will be longer response times when officers are few and far between, and when officers have to work overtime there is less time for much-needed training.

Retired Police Chief Jeff Rasche (left) said when officers are thin on the ground there are longer response times and when they have to work overtime there is less time for much-needed training. Retired Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead (right) said morale was the lowest he’d seen in his 30 years on the job – and said it was because officers felt it was their job been demonized and they are worried about being criminally charged

The movement, which led to violent clashes with officials last year, caused the dangerous “ripple effects” across the sector, the former top officers said

Many analysts attribute the spike in homicides to the social upheaval brought about by pandemic lockdowns and the breakdown in police-community relations

Another retired police chief, Jeff Halstead of Fort Worth, Texas, said morale was the lowest he’d seen in his 30 years on the job – and said it was because officers felt it was their job been demonized.

“I speak to law enforcement on a daily basis. And in today’s world, their biggest problem is recruiting,” Halstead said.

“And what you’re hearing is the same drum being banged: How are we going to get through this? And what steps are we going to take to get our staff back?’

Meanwhile, a report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research found that the 30 percent increase in homicide rates across the country during the Covid pandemic in the Democratic-leaning states, where the “defund the police” movement was most pronounced, was felt more strongly.

Examining data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other sources, covering 290 urban counties, home to 58 percent of the US population, found that Republican-leaning areas fared better than others in the killing spree.

“We find some evidence that the country’s political culture played a role, with increases in homicides tending to be less in GOP-prone counties than in Democratic counties,” the study said.

This suggests that local police forces have deterred more crimes in areas where they had greater public support, in contrast to such liberal centers as Portland, Oregon, where officers resigned en masse in 2020, amid widespread criticism and often violent racial protests.

A report by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research states that Republican-leaning areas fared better than others in the 2020 killing spree

Protesters in New York and other cities have lobbied for cuts in police funding over the 2020 police killings of unarmed black men, despite new research suggesting more support for officers is helping keep homicide rates under control

“Some cities have done a better job of managing than others,” analyst Christos Makridis told .

“GOP-leaning counties have slightly more enforcement or support for the police, and that brings with it a whole range of activities that help the police feel comfortable — that’s certainly a theory.”

The states with the sharpest increases in homicide rates in 2020 included New York, Pennsylvania, California, Montana and South Dakota, according to the Pew Research Center, but Makridis says his study is more detailed because it goes down to the county level.

The researchers also weighed other popular explanations for the homicide spike, but also found no link to higher rates of gun sales, which also skyrocketed in 2020, and areas with higher Covid-19 infection rates.

According to FBI data, firearms are used in about three quarters of homicides.

“A lot of people like to point out the problem of gun ownership… There’s not a really strong connection,” Makridis said.

“These issues are so complex … it’s easy to point the finger at them.”

BERLIN, Oct 6 (Portal) – Russians have been pushing across the border into neighboring countries since President Vladimir Putin announced on September 21 a partial mobilization for the war in Ukraine.

Here’s a guide on how many people have crossed the border and how countries are responding:

HOW MANY HAVE FLEEED RUSSIA SINCE MOBILIZATION WAS ANNOUNCED?

It’s difficult to get exact figures, but the number of Russians who have left the country could be in the hundreds of thousands based on media reports and figures released by neighboring states. Figures are not usually itemized, so may include men subject to conscription, family members and other travelers.

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The independent Novaya Gazeta Europe reported on September 26, citing a Kremlin source, that 261,000 men had left since the mobilization was declared. The report has been independently verified.

Russia has denied some reports in Russian media that 700,000 Russians have fled the country since the announcement.

On October 4, Forbes Russia reported that the number of people who have left the country since Putin ordered the draft could be as many as 700,000, citing a Kremlin source.

“I don’t have exact numbers, but of course they are far from what is claimed there,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Airline ticket data has pointed to a wave of departures. The number of one-way tickets sold from Russia increased by 27% from September 21 to 27 compared to the previous week, according to the Spanish company ForwardKeys, which analyzes booking reservations.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced Russia plans to recruit 300,000 troops and said on October 4 more than 200,000 people had been drafted so far.

WHERE DO MOST OF THEM GO?

Some travel to Kazakhstan, which shares the world’s second-longest land border with Russia. Russians can enter without a passport or visa.

Kazakhstan’s interior minister said on October 3 that more than 200,000 Russians had entered the country since September 21, while about 147,000 had left during the same period, although their final destination was not clear.

The Interior Ministry of Georgia, where Russians can enter without a visa, said that from September 21 to 29, 68,887 Russians arrived, while 45,624 departed.

For both countries it was unclear how many of the Russians who had left had traveled to third countries.

ForwardKeys air travel booking data reported a triple-digit increase in one-way tickets from Russia to Tbilisi, Almaty, Istanbul, Tel Aviv and Dubai for the week ended September 27.

After mobilization, board air tickets from Russia

Turkey, a popular tourist destination for Russians and others, has reported a surge in Russian arrivals and flights since the mobilization announcement. A man told Portal he flew to Istanbul Airport the next day, partly to avoid conscription.

About 3 million arrived in Turkey from Russia by the end of August this year, up 22% year-on-year, official data shows.

Many Russians also went to Europe.

HOW MANY GET INTO THE EU OR OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES?

The European Union saw a spike in arrivals following Putin’s announcement. Some 66,000 Russian nationals entered the bloc from September 19-25, a 30% increase from the previous week, data from the bloc’s border agency, Frontex, showed.

The number fell to 53,000 in the week beginning September 26, Frontex said, citing a stricter EU visa policy and Russian measures to prevent military-age men from leaving the country.

Most Russians entering the EU already had residence permits or visas, while others had dual citizenship, Frontex said.

Finland, which shares a 1,300 km (800 miles) border with Russia, was the main arrival point in the EU. Finnish data shows that the number of Russian tourists arriving through four southern border crossings doubled in the days after September 21.

From September 21 to October 5, 59,975 Russians arrived in Finland via the four checkpoints, many of whom departed for other European countries, while 36,116 Russians went home, Finnish Border Patrol Agency data showed on October 5.

HOW ARE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES REACTING?

On September 19, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland began turning away Russians on tourist visas issued by one of the EU’s Schengen countries. Finland followed suit on September 30th.

Norway’s Arctic border with Russia is the last direct route to Europe open to Russian Schengen tourist visa holders. Norway’s justice minister said on September 30 that the government could ban further arrivals from Russia at short notice if necessary.

Since the beginning of the mobilization, the German embassies in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have received a wave of requests from Russian citizens wishing to travel to Germany and the EU.

An Interior Ministry spokesman told Portal the German constitution enshrines the right to political asylum, but said: “Due to this case-by-case assessment and the severely restricted opportunities to enter Germany from Russia, we assume there are few cases.” “

A French minister said France will also be selective about who would be allowed to stay in the country, taking into account a person’s situation and the security risk.

“We will make sure that dissident journalists, people fighting the regime, artists and students can still come here,” junior minister for European affairs Laurence Boone said on October 5.

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Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud arrives in Vienna on October 5 for the OPEC meeting. VLADIMIR SIMICEK / AFP

We don’t know what to remember first of the joint decision by Saudi Arabia and Russia on Wednesday October 5th to tighten the oil valves sharply: an economic measure intended to support the price of black gold and increase fuel consumption will lead prices; or the warm understanding shown by the Wahhabi kingdom and the regime of Vladimir Putin under the nose of Western countries and especially the United States, which in vain are demanding that the countries of the Arab-Persian Gulf pump more?

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For the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, the thirteen members of the cartel and their ten partners, grouped within OPEC+, gathered at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters in Vienna and decided to increase their daily production by 2 April million barrels (2% of global demand), the largest cut decided since April 2020. They had then taken 10 million barrels a day off the market after consumption – and prices – collapsed from the global lockdown imposed at the start of the pandemic.

Producing countries have been concerned about the downward trend in prices since early June, when a barrel was worth $125, after hitting $140 at the start of the war in Ukraine. They fear being caught unawares by a recession in late 2022/early 2023, fueled by rising interest rates and the strength of the dollar. OPEC’s monthly bulletin in mid-September underscored these macroeconomic risks without panicking the global economy. OPEC now wants “prices around $90,” Nigerian Oil Minister Timipre Sylva said after the meeting.

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A rebuff for Washington

When energy ministers met in Vienna, North Sea Brent was trading at $91 and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) at $86. Markets had expected a 500,000 drop to 1 million barrels earlier in the week and prices did not rise after OPEC+ announcement: Brent for December delivery closed at 93.37 (+1.70%) in London . , the WTI, at $87.76 (+1.43%) in New York. “The price increase will be limited,” said Jorge Leon, vice president of Rystad Energy, in a statement released on Wednesday by the Norwegian specialist company shortly before the OPEC+ announcement.

The expert gives three reasons. The cut cannot be fully implemented as the cartel is already producing 3.5 million barrels below its official cap. Furthermore, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are the only ones capable of doing so. Finally, the market is likely to be in surplus in the fourth quarter, thanks to US production at its highest level since late 2019. Rystad Energy has calculated that a reported drop of 1.5 million barrels per day (and an actual drop of almost a million ) would push a barrel to almost $100.

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A dynamic price cap to be applied in a scenario where there is no shortage of supply and there is an exchange between demand and supply of gas. This is one of the key points of the “Non Paper” signed by Italy, Poland, Greece and Belgium – unofficial document read by ANSA. Based on the “dynamic corridor”: It is possible to set a core value for this corridor and increase it regularly, taking into account external benchmarks (e.g. crude oil prices) and taking into account fluctuations (e.g. 5%) around the core value revise corridor”, says the proposal. The “non-paper” was, as far as we know, distributed in the European institutions in these hours, has been sent to the Commission and will be among the proposals to be discussed by the member countries. The The document provides that the application of this “dynamic corridor” to the price of gas has a “central value that would represent a ceiling that can be assigned to a reference node (such as Ttf) or multiple nodes (Peg , Psv, Zee to avoid arbitrage), or rather, it can cover all transactions (both on-exchange and OTC).Moreover, the non-paper states that “volatility around the central value would be possible to avoid P to give travel signals for gas transport by Member States in case more hubs reach the maximum”.

A cap limited to gas used for electricity “ignores 2/3 of the gas market” and creates “no incentives to lower prices” as importers are compensated for whatever price they pay. We read that in the non-paper – unofficial document – with the gas price cap proposals from Italy, Belgium, Poland and Greece. The text also emphasizes how this solution could create “liability without a clear external limit”, for example because the import price may continue to rise, requiring more resources to maintain the cap.

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Postponed due to a hurricane and in times of more severe international tensions, NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut were launched from American soil to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time since the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. On the “Crew Dragon” of Elon Musk’s private space company, SpaceX, the so-called “Crew-5” flew on Wednesday from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral, in the US state of Florida.

The start was scheduled for October 3, but had to be postponed due to Hurricane “Ian”. “Crew-5” consists of NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann and her NASA colleague Josh Cassada, as well as Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina. You will spend about five months aboard the ISS and will take care of various scientific experiments.

Just about two weeks ago, the two Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopjew and Dmitri Petelin flew to the ISS along with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, they started aboard a Soyuz capsule from the Russian Baikonur cosmodrome in the steppes of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Central Asia. .(apa/dpa)

This is the sixth launch in the region in the last ten days, which has increased tensions between the countries.

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North Korea has increased the number of launches in recent days

THE North Korea fired two more shortrange ballistic missiles into the sea Japan (called East Sea in the two Koreas) this Thursday (location date), 06, just two days after launching a rocket Reach, which flew over Japan, significantly increasing tensions in the region. “At around 6:01 a.m. and 6:23 a.m. (18:01 and 18:23 GMT), the South Korean army detected two shortrange ballistic missiles fired towards the East Sea from the Samseok region of Pyongyang, North Korea (Wednesday in Brasília) ‘ the head of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement. Today’s launch was North Korea’s sixth in the last ten days and came after South Korea and United States of America announced the return of the American aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan to Korean Peninsula waters in response to the intermediaterange ballistic missile (IRBM) fired by Pyongyang on Tuesday. North Korea also condemned the return of the aircraft carrier, which had been conducting exercises in the region with the South Korean and Japanese navies just last week, in a brief statement from the Foreign Ministry.

“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (official name of North Korea) notes that the US poses a serious threat to the stability of the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity by positioning its aircraft carrier and strike force in the waters off the Korean Peninsula,” the statement reads . The text even acknowledges that last Tuesday’s launch of the IRBM was in response to last week’s maneuvers by Ronald Reagan, and slams “the US and some of its satellites” for now imposing UN Security Council sanctions on the country strive. For its part, the Japanese government believes the missiles launched today traveled about 800 kilometers and landed outside of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The IRBM, launched Tuesday, was North Korea’s longestrange missile, traveling about 4,500 kilometers after flying over northern Japan and crashing into the Pacific Ocean.

*With information from EFE