A charged atmosphere: Mexican unions block Fox's campaign to privatize electricity. (Gazette).(Vincente Fox)
American Prospect, The, February, 2003 by Bacon, David
IF THE PROPOSALS FOR PRIVATIZING Mexico's nationalized electrical system bear an eerie resemblance to California's disastrous experiment in deregulation, it should come as no surprise. The proposals, after all, share some of the same authors. In fact, as Jeffrey Skilling and Ken Lay were setting up shadow corporations to hide Enron's huge U.S. losses in 2001, other Enron executives found time to hobnob with Mexican politicians and design projects in cooperation with that country's industrial elite.
Enron executives advised incoming President Vicente Fox on energy policy during ...
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