Monthly Archives: July 2013

Economist Intelligence Unit: Mexico oil and gas, Hot potato

There are many recipes for bringing the private sector into Mexico’s oil industry, but few are palatable.Mexico’s president since December 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto, is moving ahead with his promise to bring private capital into that bastion of state ownership, the oil industry. A disappointing auction at a

Economist Intelligence Unit: Mexico oil and gas, Hot potato

There are many recipes for bringing the private sector into Mexico’s oil industry, but few are palatable.Mexico’s president since December 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto, is moving ahead with his promise to bring private capital into that bastion of state ownership, the oil industry. A disappointing auction at a

Monocle: A problem shared

In the Chilean capital, services usually controlled by the government (water, road maintenance, street lighting) have been farmed out to private firms or, as in the case of firefighting, plucky volunteers. The streetlights are run by a firm called Citeluz.

Monocle: A problem shared

In the Chilean capital, services usually controlled by the government (water, road maintenance, street lighting) have been farmed out to private firms or, as in the case of firefighting, plucky volunteers. The streetlights are run by a firm called Citeluz.