As Latin America Leans Left, Mexico Hangs in the Balance, According to World Energy Monthly Review.HOUSTON -- From Bolivia to Brazil, the political climate in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. is showing a leftward shift that flirts with populism populism Political program or movement that champions the common person, usually by favourable contrast with an elite. Populism usually combines elements of the left and right, opposing large business and financial interests but also frequently being hostile to established , nationalism and in some cases even radicalism as a new generation of leadership follows in the footsteps of Venezuela's controversial leader, Hugo Chavez. Hanging in the balance: Mexico, the world's fifth largest oil producer and a major importer to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The country goes to the polls in July with three presidential candidates who represent vastly different views on the future of Pemex, Mexico's national oil company. One candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is cast in the Chavez mold. Should Obrador take the presidency, oil supplies to the United States could be in jeopardy. What does this mean to America's energy future? In its March issue, World Energy Monthly Review lays out alternatives, assesses Latin America's growing anti-capitalistic climate and offers a vision of the consequences of import instability. Elsewhere in the same issue, analyst Brian K. Tully looks at switchgrass switchgrass see panicumvirgatum. , mentioned by President Bush in his State of the Union address “State of the Union” redirects here. For other uses, see State of the Union (disambiguation). The State of the Union is an annual address in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of Congress (the as a promising feedstock feed·stock n. Raw material required for an industrial process. Noun 1. feedstock - the raw material that is required for some industrial process raw material, staple - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing to produce ethanol. Switchgrass as a direct competitor to gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by is "insignificant," notes Tully. "Yet there is some merit to this zany idea about converting a formerly wild, seven-foot-high domestic grass into fuel." Put alongside its correct competition -- not gasoline, but other ethanol sources such as corn and sugar -- "it looks like not only a contender, but a winner." World Energy Monthly Review offers a no-holds-barred perspective, timely information and in-depth analysis on energy issues. To read these essays, please visit www.WorldEnergySource.com/WEMR. World Energy Monthly Review joins World Energy Magazine, Television, Educational Programs and the World Energy Source in providing unparalleled news and editorials. Learn more about World Energy products at www.WorldEnergySource.com. |
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