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...The spending plan promised a 1 per cent surplus in 2019, which his successor, Arturo Herrera, says will be met....
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...Carlos Urzúa, a longtime ally, resigned as finance minister in July after a dramatic falling-out with the president, claiming that policy decisions were not being “based on evidence”....
...Carlos Urzúa, finance minister, told Congress on Wednesday that no budget funds would be used to pay back bondholders — to whom the government has promised fair treatment....
...He has yet to spell out how he intends to pay for the projects but Arturo Herrera, incoming deputy finance minister, told the FT Pemex’s debt would not be increased....
...“We are just focusing on our business,” said Carlos Palacio Oriol, the chairman....
...That is the creative spirit young entrepreneurs such as Mr Herrera want to emulate....
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