Articles tagged Elections

Claudia Sheinbaum's National Energy Plan seeks to achieve "shared prosperity," emphasizing the importance of inclusive economic growth that reduces inequality and promotes general well-being. But the absence of a roadmap for improving natural gas supply leaves questions for how to fuel that growth.

On Sunday, June 2, Mexicans are headed to elect a new president at a time when the country has experienced nationwide power outages throughout May due to unseasonable heat and a surge in electricity demand.

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s presidential candidate for the ruling Morena Party, seeks continuity for the national energy sector. 

If elected, Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum would seek to increase the country’s renewable electricity generation to as much as 50% of the national grid by the conclusion of her term in 2030, industry members familiar with the plans told NGI’s Mexico GPI.

Libertarian Javier Milei swept to victory in Argentina’s presidential elections last month promising drastic change and a radically new way of doing business in the country.

Xóchitl Gálvez, a leading candidate in Mexico’s 2024 presidential elections, is seeking to prioritize the use of natural gas to advance the country’s energy transition and promote more private investment to develop necessary transportation infrastructure, she said in comments in Mexico City.

Pro-business opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez of Mexico’s Frente Amplio coalition could give Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena party a run for her money in the country’s 2024 presidential election, according to Rice University’s Tony Payan.

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has singled out the oil and gas industry as a target for toughened pollution policing in his campaign for reelection of his Liberal government in a Sept. 20 national vote.

Mexico’s ruling Morena party and its allies lost their supermajority in the lower congressional house in Sunday’s midterm elections, placing a check of sorts on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s nationalist energy agenda.