While some Mexican communities suffer up to 40 days without water access, private concessions hoard the resource, even re-selling it illegally. The government is reviewing only 326 concessions of a national total of 538,000.
Former Chihuahua governor César Duarte built unauthorized dams and reservoirs monopolizing 700,000 cubic meters of water in the drought-stricken northern state.
Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics. Judicial reform, Latin American integration, public sector driven energy transition, Clara Brugada’s utopias.
Residents of Chihuahua don’t need any help dealing with water issues from a representative of aquatic criminals like Xóchitl Gálvez, writes Victor M. Quintana S.
Mexico City leftist candidate Clara Brugada, corruption in food processing, Sheinbaum proposes water reforms, deaths at Movimiento Ciudadano rally stage collapse, potential Telmex strike, ICJ on Mexico-Ecuador, Chinese investment, the right wing opposition marches.
The re-invigoration of the SME trade union, a calculated and coordinated smear against AMLO with Yankee origins, Xóchitl Gálvez dogged by Mexican migrant protestors during US visit, water issues, violence in Chiapas.