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**4 million Mexicans are suffering from a lack of energy access**
Calvo et al, 10 – (Omar Ramirez et al, “Rural Electrification in Chihuahua, Mexico at one third of the cost vs a conventional substation,” http://www.worldenergy.org/documents/congresspapers/273.pdf)//HO One of the primary goals of ............ //4 million of people//.

**This has a PROFOUND effect on those in need – basic necessities can’t be met without energy**
Wood 10 – PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City (Duncan, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, http://www.statealliancepartnership.org/resources_files/USMexico_Cooperation_Renewable_Energies.pdf)//BB US engagement with ............. higher degree of value added. ====**Energy access is fundamental – decreases poverty, allows safe access to cheap food, increases educational attainment, prevents child mortality, limits disease and is a necessary investment for achieving gender equality**==== Tully 6 – PhD from London School of Economics (Stephen Tully, “The Contribution of Human Rights to Universal Energy Access,” Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights, 4.3, Scholar)//BB Although providing essential infrastructure services was omitted as an explicit target, access to energy underpins each of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)......................Non-governmental

**While the affirmative may not be a panacea, energy access is a necessary element in achieving //__broader improvements__// in quality of life**
Bradbrook and Gardam 6 – *Adrian, Professor of Law, **Judith, Professor of International Law (“Placing Access to Energy Services within a Human Rights Framework,” Human Rights Quarterly, 28.2, Muse)//BB While the importance of the universal provision of energy services was first recognized as early as 1986 in the Report of the World Commission on Environment and ................... biodiversity.

**Specifically – access to clean energy is a pre-requisite to //__material gains__// for disenfranchised women – governmental action is key**
Tully 6 – PhD from London School of Economics (Stephen Tully, “The Contribution of Human Rights to Universal Energy Access,” Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights, 4.3, Scholar)//BB A gender perspective on energy ............. women’s workloads. 2 2 2

**Equal access to energy provides the conditions to avoid environmental overshoot – the impact is extinction**
Mulligan, 10 – (Shane, Ph.D., Renewable Energy Consultant, “Energy, Environment, and Security:Critical Links in a Post-Peak World,” //Global Environmental Politics,// Vol. 10 Issue 4, http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/GLEP_a_00032)//HO In terms of our ........... of ¶ nature.77

**The 1ac is a //__vital starting point__// – Mexico is in a //__unique position__// to spread a green and equal economy globally through international institutions**
Pellicer 6 – Professor @ Centre for Research and Teaching in Economics (Olga, “New Powers for Global Change? Mexico--a Reluctant Middle Power?,” FES Briefing Paper, p. 6)//BB Mexico’s ability .............. plane.

**Mexican leadership reverses the North-South divide in international fora – prioritizing poverty is a key starting point**
Pogge, 08 (Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, 2008, “World Poverty and Human Rights” second edition, pg26-28,//DH) Some hold (and I have been accused of holding) that we are harming the global poor insofar as we choose to treat them worse than we might – that only the best feasible treatment qualifies as ........................... . //This buck stops with us//.

**We have an obligation to reduce Latin American poverty – complacency represents acceptance – a political approach is key**
O’Donnell, 96 – (Guillermo, Helen Kellogg Professor of Government and International Studies, Academic Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of NotreDame; “POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA: SOME POLITICAL REFLECTIONS,” [|http://-www.rrojasdatabank.info/225odonnell.pdf)//HO] Extensive poverty ..................................... not only the policy goals of those governments but also whatever economic stability or growth has been achieved.

**Our demand as ordinary citizens in an affluent country is a key starting point for achieving a more egalitarian economic system**
Pogge, 08 ( Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, 2008, “World Poverty and Human Rights” second edition, pg.4,//DH) ¶ Others feel ....................................... //what justice¶ commands//. = = =1ac Plan=

**The United States federal government should provide decentralized renewable energy assistance to Mexico modeled on “Tu Energía.”**
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**Technical assistance solves**
COCEF 12 - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza (“Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transportation: Project Opportunities in the U.S. – Mexico Border Region,” http://www.cocef.org/Eng/VLibrary/Publications/SpecialReports/BECC%20WP%20%20Nov%202011%20index.pdf)//BB SECTION 4: BECC – THE BORDER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER 25 ¶ Since 1995, the BECC [Border Environmental Cooperation Commission] has demonstrated a //very strong capacity// ...................................sectors.

**Renewable assistance allows UNIVERSAL electricity access**
Carus 13 - only UK journalist to be regularly reporting on clean energy policy and finance from California for a global audience (Felicity, “Mexico offers tantalising prospect of a dawning major market,” http://www.pv-tech.org/editors_blog/mexico_offers_tantalising_prospect_of_a_dawning_major_market)//BB Solar investors in the US and further afield would really love ............................................ than the installation of potential gas pipelines,” said Hanhausen.

**US assistance solves best**
Hartsoch 11 – MA @ San Jose State, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales for SolFocus (Nancy, “A Sunny Future for Border Relations?,” http://breakingenergy.com/2011/05/10/featured-a-sunny-future-for-border-relations/)//BB Amidst the darkening cloud of violence that grips the US-Mexico border region, a surprising ray of sunlight illuminates a prosperous, cleaner future. Quietly above the hustle ........................................., cleaner future.

**Decentralization DEMOCRATIZES energy production – empowers individuals**
Huacuz, 5 – (Jorge, Director of the Non-Conventional Energies Unit, Mexican Electric Research Institute; “The road to green power in Mexico—reflections on the prospects for the large-scale and sustainable implementation of renewable energy”, //Energy Policy//, Vol. 33, Issue 16, pages 2087–2099, November 2005, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421504001041)//HO Green power offers Mexico potential benefits, .....................................................stagnant industries.

**And, it is a RADICAL break from fossil fuel dominance**
Pereira et al., 10 – (Marcio Giannini et al., Energy Planning Program (PPE), Coordination of Post-Graduation Programs in Engineering of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and The International Virtual Institute of Global Change, “Rural electrification and energy poverty: Empirical evidences from Brazil,” //Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews//, Vol. 14, Issue 4, May 2010, pages 1229–1240, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032109003025)//HO Renewable energy systems .................................................... essential.

**“Tu Energía” avoids the drawbacks of traditional economic engagement – energy profits are re-allocated as social assistance – prevents corporate takeover**
Wood 12 - PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City (Duncan, Wilson Center, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/RE_Energizing_Border_Wood.pdf)//BB But the potential ................................................................This smart targeting ¶ of the subsidy has //prevented//potential ¶ criticism of encouraging excessive energy ¶ use or being //regressive//.

**Our speech act is political – demands for universal access are necessary and ethical**
Scheer 5 (Hermann Scheer, member of the German Parliament, president of the European Association for Renewable Energy, Chairman for the World Council for Renewable Energy, considered the father of the feed-in tariff, PhD in political science, 11-30-05, “The Human Right to Renewable Energy,” http://www.hermannscheer.de/en/images/stories/pdf/WREA_2005_final_communique_en.pdf) gz “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.“ This first sentence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights articulates a basic human ..................................................... the costs for renewables enable a sustainable, cheap and sufficient energy supply for everybody.

**Obama is perceived as pushing Mexico policy**
Silberman 5/7 – policy associate (ZACH SILBERMAN; MAY 7, 2013; “ENGAGING PARTNERS IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD”; US global leadership coalition; http://www.usglc.org/2013/05/07/engaging-partners-in-our-own-neighborhood/)//KDUB In Mexico, President .................................................come in the future.

**US foreign aid increasing in the status quo**
The United States .............................................................. major deficit and a number of domestic issues. One can only wonder what the future is for foreign aid.
 * Eischen, 12 ** (Faith Eischen, Reporter for the Independent Voter Network, 08/05/12, “Foreign Aid Spending & the US Budget”, [], //DH)

**Almost $2 million in Mexican technical assistance now**
USTDA 12 (United States Trade and Development Agency, “Latin America and the Caribbean”, [] | JJ )

//CFE Environmental Management Project// –.........................................................../supply chain.

On Friday, the Washington Times reported that Barack ....................................................................... rights should, and hopefully will, remain a priority for all of us. ¶
 * Framing politics through the lens of political capital causes unethical policymaking – the alternative is to reject their model of political prioritization **
 * Ruby-Sachs 8 ** (Emma Ruby-Sachs, lawyer, president of Avaaz, a global advocacy organization, 11-24-08, “Ranking the Issues: Gay Rights in an Economic Crisis,” [])