You will not often find OPEC projects under attack; typically it is non-OPEC pipelines and oil production that attract the interest of “enviro” groups and their lawyers, indigenous groups (with their euro advisors), and as it gets nastier, shadowy guerrilla groups.
Mexico is a non-Opec producer and the recent elections defeated a Chavez proxy. I would be surprised if Chavez and Company didn’t attempt to foment some kind of rebellion. The Chavez model has been partially successful in Ecuador, more successful in Bolivia, he has fomented a couple of failed rebellions in Peru, he has a new ally in Nicaragua, and he came within a Gorean vote recount of winning in Mexico. Its only a matter of time before his proxies and allies in Mexico kick things up to the next level.
Interesting. I agree that Chavez has set his sights on Mexico and is probably working very hard to stir things up there. Even without Chavez, of course, the Mexican left was always a bit on the rabid side. But now they’re probably getting better training and support, and doing six bombings like this struck me as an announcement that they’re ready to go. They’re making their debut.
I hope I’m wrong. We’re getting down to just Colombia and Mexico as Chavez-free, at the moment (and the Dems are trying to give him Colombia). Well, actually, I think we could include Brazil, whose president is definitely a leftist, but who doesn’t want to be taken over by Chavez and has actually told him to bug off when he has tried to interfere in Brazil.