Lower cost of wind energy encourages municipal governments to use it – #MexFacts
March 5, 2013
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Nine Key Changes for Mexico [In Spanish]
May 2, 2012Nexos, 5/1/2012
In its May edition, Nexos features nine articles that comprise a guideline for national change to: improve the education system, eliminate regressive subsidies, unleash Pemex, open the Federal Electricity Commission, punish violence, integrate the Army to civic life, have governments make responsible purchases, make social protection a universal right, and adequately invest in the development of babies.
This post features a summary of each of these nine articles and their proposals for improving Mexico.
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California company, 2 executives indicted on charges of bribing Mexican government officials
October 21, 2010The Los Angeles Times, 10/21/2010
A Southern California company and two of its executives were indicted Thursday on conspiracy charges, accused of bribing government officials at Mexico’s state-owned utility in exchange for obtaining lucrative contracts.
Keith Lindsey, president of Lindsey Manufacturing Co., and Steve Lee, were each charged with eight counts, including conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money laundering. If convicted, they each face more than 50 years in prison.
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