A Tariff Gone Too Far
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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Dos Bocas Goose Will Lay Eggs, AMLO Hopes
By RICARDO CASTILLO On Sunday, June 2, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) flagged the initiation of the construction of a new oil refinery at the Tabasco double-cove port known as Dos Bocas. Unlike in the case of his initial move to bring an end to the massive fuel theft that was going on at the state-owned company Petróleos
Read moreThe Greatest Showman
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s no denying that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO, as he likes to be called) is charismatic, and he definitely puts on a great show. In fact, his daily song and dance act at the National Palace has become a standing-room-only extravaganza with “sold-out” crowds of politically developmentally challenged proselytes who see him as
Read moreThank You, AMLO, for Aggravating My Asthma
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Who’s to blame for the terrible levels of air contamination in Mexico City right now (the worst levels of small-particle pollution in over five years)? You guessed it: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his bumbling band of inept advisers and cabinet members. Yes, high temperatures, stagnant air and a lack of any relief in
Read moreDespite Fierce Opposition, AMLO Says Dos Bocas Refinery Is a Go
By RICARDO CASTILLO It was a heyday for all the neoliberal journalists who not only question but will try to tear to pieces any project the still-new administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) comes up with. As informed by Pulse News Mexico last on Friday, May 10, Energy Secretary Rocio Nahle García decided to declare the construction
Read morePemex to Build its Own Refinery in Dos Bocas
By RICARDO CASTILLO It came as no surprise to on Thursday, May 9, when Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) declared the bidding for the construction of the new Dos Bocas refinery on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline in the state of Tabasco a deserted tender. Instead, AMLO said in his daily press conference at the National Palace, that
Read moreExpanded Europe-Mexico Agreement Due to Take Effect in Early 2020
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Negotiations on the updated version of the European Union-Mexico Global Agreement (EUMGA) are expected to be completed in the very near future, with the final accord being signed by the start of 2020 and its implementation shortly after, EU Ambassador to Mexico Klaus Rudischhauser said Thursday, May 9. The agreement, which has been being carefully hammered out
Read moreUSMCA, Mexican Energy Reform Still Uncertain
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexico Announces Corporate Contenders to Build Refinery
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Energy Secretary Rocio Nahle announced on Monday March 18 – the 81st anniversary the expropriation and nationalization of the nation’s oil industry – the names of the four international companies that have been invited to post tenders for the construction of the $8 billion Dos Bocas refinery in the southeastern state of Tabasco.
Read moreTwo Mouths, Multiple Opinions
By RICARDO CASTILLO For a “misunderstanding,” the initiation of the construction of the Dos Bocas port refinery was surely a noisy one. But then, it only helps to deepen the polarization of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his multiple detractors, mainly international rating companies concerned about the state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) huge debt of $95.6
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