The government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador bets that a state company, Litiomex, will take over the production of the mineral. However, in the private sector they have doubts about the undertaking given the level of investment needed to carry it out and the limited quality of Mexican lithium, which requires new techniques for its use. In addition, they warn about legal claims.

The nationalization of lithium opens up a series of questions about the future of mineral exploitation in Mexico, a country that is among the top ten in the world ranking of those with the most resources in its territory.

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Lithium nationalization raises questions about future of its exploitation

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United States to fight ITU move to become internet regulator

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The elections will be held next Sunday, February 1st. Laura Fernández Delgado, of the Sovereign People's Party, leads the polls by a wide margin, to the point that she could win the presidency without a runoff.

Toward the end, the WEF succeeded in bringing AI into the debate

After three days dominated by geopolitics, the WEF wrapped up with a day focused on artificial intelligence and forward-looking discussions on the energy needs required to sustain the race for AI.

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The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has defined both a focus and a methodology: to propose spectrum bands for private networks and to hold dialogue roundtables to move the project forward.

Europe: operators disappointed with new Digital Networks Act

The GSMA noted that the regulation reinforces Europe’s trend toward overregulating the sector. It highlighted as positive the changes in spectrum use and the ability to operate in all EU countries based on registration in just one of them.

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