El Petroleo es Nuestro: A History of Oil in Mexico
Mexico's experience with oil contrasts sharply to the development of the same resource from the same formations in the United States, and it illustrates the most salient cultural, political, and historical differences between the two countries. "El Petroleo es Nuestro" uses the history of oil in Mexico to tell the story of the development of modern Mexico and its national institutions. Remastered and re-released for 2018!
El Petroleo es Nuestro: A History of Oil in Mexico
08 - Yeah, Another Crisis
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Brandon Seale
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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The Peso Devaluation of 1994 and fallout from the Carlos Salinas administration opens the door to the election of the first non-PRI president of Mexico in 70 years. Vicente Fox enters office to great fanfare, yet leaves PEMEX largely untouched, even after the "PEMEXGate" scandal seemed to present him the perfect opportunity to reform it. No one ever talks about the real reasons why Fox failed to reform PEMEX, until now. Suggested reading: Raul Muñoz Leos, "Pemex en la Encrucijada." Link here: http://tinyurl.com/gsloq5r