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A Climate Scientist Is Voted President of an Oil Country. Now What? Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s next leader, is an academic and a politician. Here’s what her track record reveals. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

We're counting Mexico as an oil country?

Well I think she's gonna have her hands full on violence.

*Number 13 behind Brazil, Kazakhstan, and Angola for exports. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_exports

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago

Mexico has long depended on oil exports by the state-run oil company as a key part of their budget.

[–] pandapoo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

It's a country that heavily relies on the revenues generated by its state-run oil company.