Political Affairs, August 12, 2008 - “More than 90 percent of the voters in the seven Mexican states that participated on Sunday in the second stage of the referendum on oil in Mexico, rejected privatization of PEMEX, the country’s publicly-owned oil company. According to preliminary data published on Monday by the opposition FAP (Progressive Broad Front), which initiated the referendum, 91 percent of almost 40,000 Mexicans voters rejected handing over the national industry to private companies.” Read more.