Mexico’s Oil Giant on Trial
Ryan Berg, RealClearWorld
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, is enjoying a considerable political gift: The trial of Emilio Lozoya, former chief executive of Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, began this week. Lozoya, until recently a fugitive in Spain, stands accused of industrial-scale graft. AMLO is reeling from a