CFE Awards $10 Billion in Contracts without Public Bids
Despite directly choosing its constructors, only one of the CFE’s six priority plants has been fully built while the rest remain between 61 and 73 percent complete
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Read moreMexico’s Electricity Commission to Prioritize Decades-Old Plants
By KELIN DILLON Following controversial changes in Mexico’s electrical law, rammed through Congress on orders from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the government-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) will reportedly use plants up to 41 years old, with no plans to replace them. The newly passed law changes the order in which each kind of generated energy is uploaded to
Read moreAfter Months of Closure, Xochimilco Reopens
XINHUA Mexico City’s famed floating gardens, Xochimilco, a major tourist destination and center for the sale of fresh plants, reopened to the public on Wednesday, Aug. 19, Xochimilco’s more than 1,800 shops and tourist boats closed down in early May — just prior to the crucially important May 10 Mother’s Day crowd –due to the coronavirus pandemic, representing a loss
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