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In Search of a Stronger, More Unified North America

OPINION By ERIC FARNSWORTH and EARL ANTHONY WAYNE North America was trending in the midterm elections, although you may have missed it. Think about the top campaign issues in races across the country: economic recovery and job creation, inflation, the price of gasoline, immigration, border security, increasing crime and suffering in communities devastated by fentanyl and other drugs. With the

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Mexico Continually Fails to Meet Oil Performance Goals

By KELIN DILLON As Mexico continues to put focus on its home-grown oil assets as part of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) initiative for the nation’s energy self-sufficiency, which has included investments such as the costly construction of the Dos Bocas crude oil refinery in Tabasco, Mexico continues to move away from meeting its annual oil production goals —

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Pemex Gas Production Falls to New Low

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico’s state-owned oil company, had the lowest recorded gasoline production on record in its existence in 2020, according to government figures. Gasoline production reached an average of 185,600 barrels per day, down 8 percent from the previous year. However, internal sales of Pemex gas managed to increase by 4 percent, reaching

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AMLO: Mexican Lithium Mining Must Take Back Seat to Oil Recovery

XINHUA     Mexico’s government may turn to developing its significant lithium deposits, but only after its oil industry is back on its feet, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Friday, Dec. 13. That decision is mainly due to budget constraints that require the government to focus on recovering oil output before investing in other areas, AMLO told reporters at his

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The Dog Fight over Santa Lucía Airport

By RICARDO CASTILLO     One day yes and the next day no. Again we’re getting bombarded with news of judges ordering the cancellation of the still-to-be-built Santa Lucía Airport located just northwest of the Teotihuacán pyramida, to the north of Mexico City. As of last week, 80 suits had been filed on environmental grounds stating that the damage the airport would

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Revelations of AMLO-Trump’s Energy Renegotiations

By RICARDO CASTILLO     At long last, we are beginning to hear  some of the details of the United States Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiations. According to Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the toughest clause was on energy, which was almost a deal-breaker. After heavy disputes, that bickering President Donald Trump finally softened his stance and spoke over the phone to AMLO.

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