Reforma energetica by paolaricaurte
- Morocco - Le Soir Echos
Reforma energetica
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 - Sun, 10 Nov 2013
Description
The President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, publicly presented his plans to reform the country’s oil industry with particular emphasis upon the operations of the semi-public Petróleos Mexicanos (Mexican Petroleum). Mexican Petroleum, or PEMEX, was created by presidential decree on 7 June 1938, the same year that the country expropriated oil [en] then being pumped by various private companies. The proposal was announced at the President’s official residence of Los Pinos [en] on 12 August 2013. President Nieto’s plan includes changes to specific articles of the Constitution of Mexico (those relating to monopolies and state ownership of natural resources), but this first has to be debated by representatives and senators before it can be passed. The President’s announcement, however, came as little surprise to groups both inside and outside Mexico who have been anticipating the news for many months. http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/08/13/mexican-president-plans-controversial-energy-reform/