By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A federal judge in the northern Mexican industrial city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, warned Monday, Feb. 14, that denying permit renewals to the Spanish-owned Iberdrola energy company would have “devastating consequences” for the companies it supplies. Iberdrola, one of several private Spanish-owned energy firms that have borne the brunt of President Andrés Manuel López
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By KELIN DILLON Two federal judges froze the monopoly granted to Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) by reforms from the current government, led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), reverting Pemex back to the same levels of competition with the private sector as standard in 2014. AMLO’s National Regeneration Movement (Morena) introduced its final reforms to the Hydrocarbons
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Jalisco Skids Deeper in Debt As pressure grows on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) “to make use” of credits available from international funding organizations, the president becomes more adamant and intrinsic about pushing the nation into further debt. Much of that pressure is coming from opposition state governors, who convened last week in Parras, Coahuila,
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