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October 24, 2008

Mexico Backs Private Role in Oil
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In Mexico, lawmakers have approved a measure that would allow private
involvement in the nationalized oil sector. Former Mexican presidential
candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador led protests against the vote. He
called the move a setback for Mexico.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador: “It’s an important moment in the history of
the country, because we don’t accept handing over Mexican territory to
foreign companies to exploit and drill oil wells.”



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