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Mexican Congress Fast Tracks Pemex Monopoly Bill

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By DAMIÁN ESCALANTE Mexico’s Congress approved a reform on Thursday, April 22, that will once again allow the state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to monopolize the sale of hydrocarbons throughout the country. The initiative, which passed the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, April 21 and the Senate on Thursday, was presented by Manuel Rodríguez, president of the Energy Commission

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Candidacy of Raul Morón Gets Second Review

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By DAMIÁN ESCALANTE Mexico’s Superior Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) on Wednesday, April 21, decided to give the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) precandidate for the governorship of Michoacán Raúl Morón one more chance at a shot for his candidacy, a privilege it did not extend to his Guerrero counterpart, Félix Salgado Macedonio. TEPJF Magistrate Mónica Aralí Soto Fregoso proposed once again

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