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Briefing
Mexico's high-stakes presidential vote: 4 questions answered
The next Mexican president will inherit a country torn by drug violence. Tackling deep-seated democratic and economic challenges is key to progress.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day: 12/22
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Focus Model for megacities? Mexico City cleans up its air.
As people around the world celebrate Earth Day, Mexico City may serve as an unlikely environmental example for cities in developing countries suffering poor air quality.
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Energy Voices The decline of the world's major oil fields
Aging giant fields produce more than half of global oil supply and are already declining as group, Cobb writes. Research suggests that their annual production decline rates are likely to accelerate.
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Latin America Monitor Will blast at Mexico oil company shift opinions on privatization?
Official information on the Pemex blast last week is still scant, but the explosion may have shifted perceptions on whether the state-owned oil company should open up to private investment.
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Energy Voices Mexican oil, Chinese drilling, Japanese nuclear: Energy trends to watch in 2013
Rogers offers five major energy trends that are likely to take shape and play out in international headlines in 2013.
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Mexico explosion: How will the Pemex blast affect the country's race for oil? (+video)
In Mexico City, a powerful explosion rocked the headquarters of state oil giant Pemex, killing at least 25 and injuring 100 others.
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Mexico City explosion: What caused the deadly explosion at Pemex HQ? (+video)
In Mexico City, a powerful explosion rocked the headquarters of state oil giant Pemex, killing at least 25 and injuring 100 others.
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The Monitor's View: US pivot to Mexico?
A new leader of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto, takes office with enough hope of reform that it argues for the US to draw closer to its neighbor.
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Energy Voices New source of Mexican oil could hold 1 billion barrels
More than 500 million barrels of oil are estimated to lie beneath a newly discovered well site, with another 500 million barrels of oil expected to lie in surrounding areas, according to Consumer Energy Report.
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Latin America Monitor Mexico: Should government be blamed for blast at Pemex gas facility?
This is the third fire at a Pemex gas facility in five weeks, and could suggest bigger problems – like safety and security regulations – need to be addressed.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto races across Yucatan Peninsula
There were no immediate reports of storm deaths or major damage, though Ernesto ripped down billboards, toppled trees and cut electricity service as it hit the cruise ship port of Mahahual shortly before midnight Tuesday as a hurricane.
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The Monitor's View: What kind of PRI will rule Mexico?
Mexican voters have done what was once unthinkable, returning the notoriously corrupt PRI to the presidency after tossing it out in 2000. But Mexico is a different place today.
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Briefing
Mexico's high-stakes presidential vote: 4 questions answered
The next Mexican president will inherit a country torn by drug violence. Tackling deep-seated democratic and economic challenges is key to progress.
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Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico: three ways to nationalize oil
Argentina's renationalization of its biggest oil company, YPF, recently caused an outcry. But the cases of oil nationalization in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela show that outcomes can vary widely.
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The Monitor's View: Mexico presidential campaign: Off to a good start
The two frontrunners in the Mexican presidential campaign now talk of reforming the state oil monopoly, Pemex. It's a sign of Mexico's hopeful future, despite the drug wars.
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The 'wind rush': Green energy blows trouble into Mexico
Green energy's big success is a rude awakening in the isthmus of Mexico.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day: 12/22
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Hurricane Richard sputters over Belize, heads toward Mexico
Hurricane Richard did no major damage to Belize as it weakened into a tropical storm. It is moving into southeastern Mexico.
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Hurricane Karl gains power, heads toward Mexico Gulf coast
Hurricane Karl has ramped up to a Category 3 storm with winds of 120 m.p.h., and is bearing down on Vera Cruz, Mexico. Mexican authorities are evacuating oil platforms in the Gulf and residents are preparing for Hurricane Karl's arrival.
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Opinion: Guns, drugs, and La Barbie: Why America is responsible for Mexican drug cartels
Drug lords like La Barbie threaten Mexico's security with American-bought firearms, and finance their violent empires with American drug money.
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A bullet across the Rio Grande: How fares the war on drug lords in Mexico?
A stray bullet hit El Paso, Texas, from the Mexican side of the border Saturday. It was the latest spillover of a war on drug barons waged by President Felipe Calderón. After nearly four years, the war needs more than a military solution.
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How bad is Gulf oil spill? A global Q&A on offshore oil spills
With some 1,200 offshore oil rigs operating today, oil spills are still relatively rare. But experts warn that safety procedures and cleanup methods have not kept pace with drilling at ever-deeper depths.
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Mexico replaces attorney general in drug-war shift
The cabinet shakeup could signal a hardening of the government's military stand against organized crime.
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Brazil as a new kind of oil giant
As its peers in the region see their oil production slipping Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras is entering a new era as the region's silent giant.
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The Monitor's View: Untapped oil, overtapped politics
High pump prices can be traced to oil exporters such as Mexico that play politics with oil.
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Will Mexico's left back Obrador's radical tactics?
The Party of the Democratic Revolution vote Sunday could affirm his aggressive tactics or choose a new leader.
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