Crude Harvest: Selling Mexico's Oil Paul Sapin and Verity Oswin - Al Jazeera
go to original December 26, 2014

Against the backdrop of Mexico's ever-widening gap between rich and poor, growing violence, and stalled economy, President Enrique Pena Nieto has passed a series of economic reforms.

Under these reforms, Mexico's oil, which was expropriated from foreign interests 75 years ago, is now for sale to private, international companies.

The reforms are the most divisive the country has seen in a century. Thousands are protesting against them, saying the new regulations could bring the nation to a tipping point as organised crime and violence would spiral out of control.

When it comes to big business and drilling for oil, Mexico's farmers are the most vulnerable.

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