By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS During his daily bully pulpit spiel on Monday, April 19, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was asked by one of his faithful followers whether he considered the proposed extension of Supreme Court Chief Justice Arturo Zaldívar’s term of office a potential violation of the Mexican Constitution. Not surprisingly, AMLO, who “suggested” (read, “mandated”) the extension
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By KELIN DILLON Following the approval of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform bill, López Obrador said Mexico would be rewriting existing contracts with electrical companies “to update them to the new reality.” The bill gives Mexico’s state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) priority uploading of energy the also-state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) power grid, above private companies,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (Amcham) said Friday, Feb. 5, that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed electricity reform bill “represents a giant step backwards for the sector’s ability to compete, the nation’s state of law and sustainable development for the country.” In a written statement, the business organization pointed out
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