Monday, April 20, 2009
Calling All Mexican Pundits
For whatever reason, the hemispheric energy market that Calderón proposed at the Summit of the Americas isn't getting a whole lot of attention here in Mexico. (More information here from Boz.) It's understandable that the American media would focus more on the Obama's handshake with Chávez (although there was reporting on the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Framework on Clean Energy and Climate Change that Obama and Calderón announced during last week's visit), but this is a pretty big splash regarding a huge issue on an international stage from the Mexican leader, it marks a shift in focus from Calderón, and I just hear crickets. I've seen a couple of short notes on the story, but no commentary. I guess part of it is due to the relative lack interest in environmental issues among Mexico's commentators, but this seems like an issue ripe for analysis. Get cracking, pundits.
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There seem to be two proposals. One is the US-Mexico framework and the other was Calderon's proposal at the Summit for a hemispheric energy market. Both are definitely due more attention than they received. I'd be interested in knowing other countries' reaction to Calderon's regional proposal. Or how it could fit under Plan Puebla-Panama (which has an energy integration component).
I'm talking more about the Summit proposal than what was announced when Obama was here. Whatever the case, I'm interested in seeing a little more about this. As far as Mexico is concerned, I suspect part of it is because the commentariat is a relatively small group, and the energy market idea is sufficiently complicated that most don't feel comfortable writing about it based on their own knowledge base. Hopefully, we'll see some experts come out of the woodwork with opinions over the next few days.
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