Mexican Politics
Mexican voters went to the polls on June 7th, 2015 for mid-term elections. The entire 500 seat Cámara de Diputados (the Mexican equivalent of our House of Representatives) was up for grabs, as nobody currently in that body can be reelected. There were also elections in various states for governors, mayors and state legislatures. For […]
Mexico’s mid-term congressional elections are scheduled for June 7th. Like the United States, Mexico has a bicameral congress. In the mid-term, the entire lower chamber (equivalent to the U.S. House of Representatives) is to be replaced, as the representatives cannot be reelected. There are 500 representatives in the chamber, For the entire article, click here. Article […]
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The government of Mexico has finally passed historic legislation enacting energy reform. The reform opens up Mexico’s energy sector to private companies which can bid for the rights to drill and share in the profits, whereas before they could only be subcontracted. Another goal is to make the state oil company PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos) more […]
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On August 11th, 2014, an official signing ceremony was held at Mexico’s Palacio Nacional, the ceremonial capitol building. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto signed into law a 21-part package of reforms to the Mexican energy industry. This historic legislation is designed to open up the energy sector and make PEMEX, the government oil company, into an […]
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From 1990 to 2014 the governing authority over Mexican federal elections was IFE, the Instituto Federal Electoral (Federal Electoral Institute). Now the IFE has been dissolved and replaced with the INE, the Instituto Nacional Electoral (National Electoral Institute), conveniently housed in the same headquarters building. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, […]
It’s been a busy year in Mexico, with all the reforms passed by the Peña Nieto administration and the Mexican Congress. The end of calendar year 2013 is a time of reflection on the past year and the year that is about to begin. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published December […]
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The groundbreaking reform of Mexican energy law, which allows private investment, is now the law of the land. For the entire article, click here . Article by Allan Wall, published December 23rd, 2013, on Mexidata.info .
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The pace of reform in the Mexican Congress has been moving rapidly. Within one week, revolutionary changes have been made to energy law and election law. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published on Mexidata.info, December 16th, 2013.
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Enrique Pena Nieto has completed the first year of his term as President of Mexico. This milestone has given rise to various analyses as to what has been accomplished during his first year, and what may lie ahead. For the entire article, click here . Article by Allan Wall, published December 9th, 2013, on Mexidata.info […]
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The future of Mexico’s state-owned petroleum monopoly PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos) is under consideration in Mexico. It might be valuable to compare and contrast PEMEX with other state oil companies worldwide. Most oil worldwide is controlled by state-owned oil companies. Most of them allow forms of private investment and partnership with private companies. With PEMEX, on the […]
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