AUG 27 MEXICAN
PRESIDENT WANTS TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION
!Dios Mio! Did you
hear the news from Mexico City last week?
The Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto wants to change the Mexican Constitution! As
everyone knows, it’s very difficult to alter any sacred document. First, you
have to sneak into the National Palace at night. Next, you have to carefully open the plastic
case that holds the 1867 document. Then…ever
so carefully…apply White Out Correction
Fluid to the proper page. Finally,
you must re-write the Constitution using Benito Juarez’s best handwriting. Okay..WE ARE JOKING! (However, if anyone could pull off a Mission Impossible caper, it’s
ENRIQUE. The dashing Mexican President
is better looking than TOM CRUISE any day!)
Sorry! Let’s return
to Mexico. Specifically, Señor Presidente wants Article #27
altered. This would allow foreign
corporations to participate in the finances of state-owned and state-run
Petroleum company, PEMEX. As any
student of Mexican History knows, this is THE MOST IMPORTANT PART of the
Mexican Constitution. It was added by
President Lazaro Cárdenas in 1938. At
first, this instant dismissal of British and Dutch companies met with swift international
condemnation. Fortunately for Mexico,
the sanctions would quickly be lifted a couple years later when World War II
broke out. The massive oil revenues
would continue well into the 1950’s and 1960’s.
They funded the ‘Mexican Miracle’
when Mexico City hosted the Olympics, the World Cup and built the best subway
on earth!
Oops! Back to last
week’s announcement. As expected,
opposition politicians are clamoring for Presidente Enrique’s head. Left-wing troublemaker Manuel Lopez Obrador
is busy planning street protests again. “Hands
off the 1867 Constitution,” the signs read. While his rhetoric does sound convincing, closer examination
reveals a murky premise. See, article
#27 was placed in the Mexican Constitution by Benito Juarez to protect silver mines from foreign powers. Then, seventy years later in 1938, it was re-interpreted and altered by President
Cárdenas to include oil deposits. Each time, the government manipulation of
the constitution has been for the betterment of the Mexican people. And this
time it will benefit them as well.
See, the truth is PEMEX has already dug up and refined most
of the easy-access crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico. In order for the company to continue to
supply gasoline, it will need to discover more reserves. They seek the deeper shale deposits hidden under
the vast body of water. To do this,
PEMEX will need help, as they do not have the advanced equipment needed for
such a complicated task. With foreign
assistance, new deposits can be found and processed. Simply put, ENP wants to keep petroleum
production at the levels his nation is accustomed to. He is not altering the Constitution to make
himself Mexico’s Third Emperor like Lopez
Obrador wants you to believe.
We here at the DUNER BLOG applaud this initative. Rather than return to Iron Fist of Aztec
Emperors, Spanish Viceroys and 11-term Presidents, Mexican President Peña Nieto has opened up dialogue
and furthered Mexican democracy. A solution is possible. The real problem here is Mexico’s growing
thirst for gasoline. If current trends
continue, by 2020, Mexico will be an importer, and not an exporter of oil. However, thanks to EPN, this will not
happen.
NOTE: Wouldn’t it be great if other North American
democracies could work together with
big business to solve an energy crisis?
HINT: I’m complaining about the 1% in the USA.
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