80% of Mexico’s Water is Stolen by Corporations & Politicians
The insatiable appropriation of water in Mexico is a systemic problem driven by politicians and large corporations—such as Coca-Cola, Lala, mining companies, and the tourism sector.
Water
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CONAGUA Wants Mining Industry to be Allowed to Dump Toxic Waste into Rivers
Mexico’s National Water Commission is pushing for the mining industry to be allowed to dump toxic waste into rivers, despite President Sheinbaum’s stated environmental objective to clean up contaminated tributaries.
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Recovering Mexico’s Bodies of Water: Essential & Preventive
After the storm, it’s worth asking ourselves how to prepare for future floods. Restoring the Earth’s runoff must be one of these priorities.
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Corporations, Political Clans & Even Religious Groups Have Monopolized Water in Mexico
Behind the abuses of Mexico’s privatized water system are corporations like Kimberly Clark, Banco Azteca, Coca Cola, GoldCorp, as well as political clans like the Monreals and even Mennonites.
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The Fight for Water & Land
Even after one revolution, and the two significant reforms of Cárdenas and of López Obrador, the struggle for water and land continues to divide the interests of peasant communities and the large monopolies who profit from them.
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Real Estate Developers Fradulently Monopolizing Water in Mexico says CONAGUA
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.
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WATER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE: ILLEGAL DAMS ON EX-GOVERNOR’S RANCH
Former Chihuahua governor César Duarte built unauthorized dams and reservoirs monopolizing 700,000 cubic meters of water in the drought-stricken northern state.
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CLICKS JUNE 22
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.
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Don’t Defend Us, Comadre
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.
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Weekly News Items May 25
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.
