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Salazar Contradicts Biden Administration on Mexico’s Electricity Reform

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By KELIN DILLON Days after U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar publicly stated on Thursday, Feb. 3, that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) “is right” about Mexico’s energy sector requiring reforms, the Wall Street Journal’s Mary Anastasia O’Grady published a column calling for Salazar’s removal from his post, claiming his vocal contradiction of  President Joe Biden’s policies are worthy

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The Fickle Love of AMLO

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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ah, the fickle love of an authoritarian president. When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) loves you, you can do no wrong. His buddy-buddy Félix Salgado Macedonio — who was repeatedly accused of rape, embezzlement and close ties with drug cartels, but still managed to garnish the governorship of the coastal state of Guerrero, albeit

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Dos Bocas Price Tag Soars by 40 Percent

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The cost of Mexico’s Dos Bocas refinery — one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s pet megaprojects — is expected to cost 40 percent more than previously estimated — some $3.6 billion more — and is unlikely to be completed before the government’s 2022 deadline, inside sources reported. Construction of the 340,000-barrel-per-day refinery is

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Energy Secretary Accused of Covering up Dos Bocas Clash

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By KELIN DILLON As the blowback from the ongoing worker’s strike of Mexico’s under-construction Dos Bocas refinery over labor abuses continues, Secretary of Energy Rocío Nahle has come under fire by members of her very own party, the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena), for her purported role in covering up the dispute. After a violent clash at the facility, which

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CCE Dismisses Government’s Lies about Electric Reform

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By KELIN DILLON Officials from Mexico’s Business Coordinating Council (CCE) have come forward to dismiss the Mexican government’s purported lies surrounding its proposed electric reform, saying in a statement on Tuesday, Oct. 12, that their ​​intentions “are guided by ideology and not by technical expertise and rigor.” The CCE’s head Carlos‌ ‌Salazar‌ ‌Lo‌melín pointed to Secretary of Energy Rocío Nahle

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AMLO’s Energy Priorities: Dirty Sources over Clean Ones

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) left no doubt on Monday, Oct. 10, as to which energy sources would be prioritized under his new electricity initiative. During his daily morning press conference, AMLO had Energy Secretary Rocío Nahle read out the details of his proposed electricity reform, which, she said, would return control

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The Tempest over Mexico’s Proposed Electricity Bill

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By RICARDO CASTILLO There is no doubt that the Mexican Supreme Court’s harsh blow against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) Energy Bill on Wednesday, Feb. 3, which shot down 22 articles of the controversial edict pushed through last year by Energy Secretary Rocío Nahle, wobbled the administration. The court voted against the bill because of what it considered radical

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