By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s lower house Chamber of Deputies pulled out all the stops when it came to spending in the second half of 2021, handing out untendered contracts right and left (well, maybe more left than right) for unbidded-on services and goods in an effort to use up its allocated annual budget. During the second session
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By RICARDO CASTILLO There’s an old Mexican adage that says that it is cheaper to make a poor deal than to fight a great fight. This might seem to be exactly what happened in the negotiations headed by Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) Director Manuel Bartlett Díaz and seven gas pipeline companies that signed contracts for gas ducts with the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico’s state-owned energy companies Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) continue to be leading problems for the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). Both are separate entities that must be dealt with separately. So we’ll start with a look at Pemex, and then consider th CFE a few paragraphs down. Pemex and
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