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09 - Slouching towards Reform

El Petroleo es Nuestro: A History of Oil in Mexico by Brandon Seale

Mar 30, 201818:57Society & Culture

Cantarell peaks. Chicontepec comes up dry. And the Multiple Service Contracts fail to produce an increase in foreign investment or in the production of hydrocarbons. And then the PEMEX tower explodes. Things go from bad...

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