Geopolitical Tensions, North American Opportunities
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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Mexican Government Foresees Power Blackouts
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just weeks before the summer season begins and after the implementation of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) crackdown on private, green energy production, Mexico’s National Center for Energy Control (Cenace), which is in charge of controlling the electrical system, has announced that the country should brace for a series of widespread blackouts in
Read moreMexico’s Opposition Parties Hang Tight for Next Election
OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO For four Mexican opposition political parties, it is the lull before the storm, scheduled for Sunday, June 5, when elections for governor will be held in six states. For sure the leaders of those parties are keeping up the competitive spirit, claiming the candidates they support will come out victors, a hope contenders claim is wishful
Read morePemex Head in Houston ‘Purchases’ Multimillion-Peso Mansion
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After it was revealed by the daily newspaper Reforma that Carmelina Esquer Camacho, director of Pemex Procurement International (PPI), a Texas-based subsidiary of Mexico’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), had acquired a residence in Houston valued at more than $400,000 (equivalent to about 8 million pesos) in late 2020, repeated requests to make
Read morePemex Debt to Suppliers up 84 Percent in Five Months
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In the month of April, Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) debt to suppliers increased by more than 84 percent compared to the previous month and to almost twice the comparable figure five months ago. According to the company’s own statistics, released in a quarterly report, Pemex’s debt to suppliers and contractors went
Read morePrivate Sector Energy Limited by Mexico’s New Grid Code
By KELIN DILLON While the lengthy and controversial saga between Mexico’s federal government and private sector energy has been going on for some time now, recently implemented changes to the network code of Mexico’s national power grid will once more see the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) given priority upload over the private sector and green energy alternatives. Mexico’s first
Read moreAMLO’s Latest Ballistic Missile Is Aimed at Education
OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER After a resounding failure to pass his controversial electricity reform bill in the April 17 vote at the Chamber of Deputies, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his leftist, in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party have set their aim on yet another target: the opposition. That campaign is gaining traction by Morena further
Read moreElection Reform Would Benefit AMLO, Abolish Plurality
OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) so-called electoral reform bill, which he announced during his Thursday, April 28, press conference at the National Palace and sent to Congress for approval that same day, has one purpose and one purpose only: to further consolidate power in his dictatorial hands and to essentially eradicate any political opposition
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AMLO’s Electricity Industry Law
Read moreCFE Refuses to Comply with Court Order to Restore Iberdrola to Grid
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite the fact that a Mexican federal court last month granted a legal injunction to the Spanish energy firm Iberdrola that would allow it to continue operating its Dulces Nombres power plant in Pesquería, Nuevo León, and requiring that the country’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reconnect it to the national grid, the CFE has
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