Mexico City to Consult Public on Calderon Energy Bill.

Mexico City's government will hold a non-binding referendum this month on President Felipe Calderon's plan to give the state oil monopoly more leeway to hire private companies, possibly giving ammunition to opponents of the bill. [. . .]

"I don't know how truly representative a Mexico City referendum will be given the ideological orientation,'' said Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "They'll most likely get the result that they're seeking."

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