Mexico’s ‘huge step backwards’ on energy — and the environment
15 October 2021 |
3:43 pm
Mexico's government wants to reverse the privatization of the energy sector that began in 2013, in order to provide stable prices. But critics say taxpayers and the environment will have to pay the price.
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