Mexican President Felipe Calderon recently decided to shutdown a state-owned power company, citing money losses and inefficiency. The decision has been praised by the private sector, as well as by the residential areas served by the company, who have complained of the service frequently. Technicians from a larger state-owned power company have been brought in to run power in those areas until a decision is made about who will permanently operate the areas covered by the now defunct LFC. The power union, which represents 44,000 LFC employees and 22,000 retirees has criticized the shutdown and plans to stage street protests as well as a union wide protest march.
See "Shutdown of Mexican state utility draws support, protests", Anthony Harrup, The Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2009