Amlo and the realities of Mexico’s oil reform
The Mexican president-elect needs a strong oil and gas sector to fund a promised social transformation
The investor-friendly tone Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, widely known as Amlo, struck in the run-up to his landslide victory on 1 July is fueling confidence he will tweak rather than dismantle the energy reforms that are enticing international oil companies to the country. Prospects of an Amlo presidency had stirred concerns among investors for months ahead of the vote—he's the first leftist Mexican president since the 1930s, and has forged an anti-elitist platform calling for a reordering of the political landscape. And yet the peso gained more than 2% against the US dollar in the hours after the result. "This can be a presidency ruled by reason and legality," Ixchel
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