Mexico
Mexico: fracking wins in disputed ‘energy reform’
US companies are looking forward to the opportunities for deep-sea drilling and hydrofracking that Mexico's new energy policy has opened up.
Tag: control of oil
The Andes
Colombia: kingpin named in Trujillo Massacre
Colombia's prosecutor charged notorious drug kingpin "Don Diego" with masterminding several massacres between 1988 and 1994 in which hundreds of peasants were killed.
Mexico
Mexico: fight over ‘energy reform’ heats up
Mexico’s right and center have agreed on a plan they say won’t privatize the state energy sector. Critics say it will and are protesting.
North Africa
Beyond Benghazi: Libya faces converging crises
The death of a US national in Benghazi thrust Libya briefly into the news—as lawless militias, ethnic conflicts and labor strife daily claim lives across the country.
Mexico
Mexico: protesters pledge to resist energy ‘reform’
In a 40,000-strong Mexico City demonstration, union members and opposition activists pledged civil disobedience to halt President Enrique Peña Nieto’s energy sector reform.
East Asia
East China Sea gets scary —again
A near confrontation between Chinese and US aircraft over disputed East China Sea gasfields comes amid major joint US-Japanese naval maneuvers off Okinawa.
Iraq
Charges dropped against Iraq oil union leader
Following an international campaign, all charges were dropped against Iraq oil union leader Hassan Juma’a Awad in a case related to strikes and worker protests.
Central America
Panama ups ante in Nicaragua canal race
The current expansion of the Panama Canal will accommodate 90% of the world's 370-vessel liquified natural gas fleet—a new bid to undermine Nicaragua's canal plans.
The Andes
Bolivia ready for nuclear power: Evo Morales
At a “Hydrocarbon Sovereignty” conference in Tarija, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales said his country has achieved the conditions to obtain nuclear power for “pacific ends.”
Southern Cone
Brazil: protesters target oil auction, transit fare
The protests haven't stopped in Brazil. Hundreds tried to block the auction of a giant oilfield, and bus riders continued to demand free transit.
Afghanistan
Pakistan stock market soars on terror wave
Over the past year of growing violence and chaos in Pakistan, the Karachi Stock Exchange surged more than 44%, placing it among the world’s top-performing stock markets.
Syria
Evo Morales betrays Syrian people
By saying the US “funds rebels that fight against presidents who don’t support capitalism or imperialism,” Evo Morales allies himself with a regime that is committing war crimes.