OPINION By IÑIGO FERNÁNDEZ BAPTISTA Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* In 2006 — more than 16 years ago — in the midst of the bird flu, Jeffrey Staples published an article in Harvard Business Review stating that a pandemic could become the single greatest threat to business continuity. That prediction took solid form with the covid-19 pandemic
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OPINION By CARLOS PASCUAL Part of an ongoing series from the Wilson Center* General Motors stated in November 2021, just seven months after announcing plans to invest $1 billion in electric vehicle production in Mexico, that “Mexico won’t be a destination for foreign investment” unless it provides a solid legal basis to “meet our objective of having zero emissions in the
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Secretary of Energy Rocío Nahle on Monday, June 13, sent an official letter to the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) and the National Gas Control Center (Cenagas), instructing them to modify regulations and transport contracts for natural gas, which would favor Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and state oil giant Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). This direct order from
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After stating that Mexico is against any use of military force to resolve geopolitical disputes, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Thursday, Feb. 24, said that he “has a plan” to avoid fuel price hikes in Mexico stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “In terms of foreign policy, Mexico is going to continue promoting dialogue,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Halfway through his six-year term, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) may claim that nearly 60 percent of Mexicans still support him and his leftist Fourth Transformation (4T) administration, but it’s the remaining 40 percent he needs to worry about. Not only did his National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party lose significant political terrain in the June
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite the creation of a government-run natural gas company last month to curb the surging price of LP gas, nationwide the price of this crucial fuel continues to rise. Nationally, the average cost of LP gas as of Friday, Oct. 1, was 25.65 pesos per kilogram, the highest level since federal price controls were
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The newly created state-owned natural gas company Gas Bienestar began formal operations on Tuesday, Aug. 31, in Mexico City’s Ixtapalapa Precinct with a starting price 10 percent below the maximum set by the country’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE). Gas Bienestar, a subsidiary of the state-run Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) oil company, will offer residents of some
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By KELIN DILLON According to figures from the U.S. Department of Energy, Mexico is expected to increase its purchase of natural gas from the United States over 2021 and the upcoming year due to higher demand and less production in Mexico itself. In June of 2021, Mexico reportedly bought more than 7 billion cubic feet of gas on several different
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A strike by distributors and commissioners of one of Mexico’s largest gas unions, begun on Monday, Aug. 2, will continue until a price agreement is worked out with the government, according to industry leaders. The closure of natural (LP) gas distribution stations given the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administration’s arbitrary decision over the
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