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Government Help to Farmers during the Drought
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Read moreThe Mexican Countryside Is Thirsty
Read moreQuenching the Nation’s Thirst
Read moreBy MARK LORENZANA Northern Mexican states recently experienced a reprieve brought about by August rainfall that exceeded the country’s historical average and alleviated — at least temporarily — the drought that has plagued, in particular, the northeastern part of Mexico. According to the Mexico Drought Monitor, in the second half of August of this year, above-average rains were observed in
Read morePULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced a plan on Friday, July 29, to provide water to the northern drought-ridden state of Nuevo León over the course of the next 10 years. The plan, which he announced during his daily morning press conference at the National Palace, encompasses a series of measures, including the use of
Read moreBy KELIN DILLON Mexico’s domestic grain production has fallen throughout the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), as the production of widely consumed products like corn, sorghum and wheat has dropped off, while Mexico has increased its international grain imports in turn in an effort to keep up with consumer demand. According to the Secretariat of Agriculture
Read morePULSE NEWS MEXICO Because of the worsening drought in the northern state of Nuevo León, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, July 18, asked bottlers in that region to stop the production of soft drinks and beers in order to provide more water to the population. “In other states (in the north of Mexico), the governors are
Read moreBy KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, July 12, Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) declared a state of emergency in light of the enduring drought facing Mexico’s northern states, establishing new regulations for water distribution in the affected territories through the emergency’s publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation. According to Conagua, newly introduced measures to address the drought issue include
Read moreBy KELIN DILLON On Saturday, June 5, Governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo León Samuel García Sepúlveda spoke out in criticism of the federal government’s response to the enduring water shortage in his jurisdiction, claiming that the Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administration has little interest in aiding its citizens affected by the drought. Recounting Nuevo León’s – Mexico’s
Read moreBy KELIN DILLON After seven days of work by the Water System of Mexico City (Sacmex) to discover the origin of reported waste flooding in residences across Mexico City’s Coyoacán municipality, the source of the water breach still has yet to be determined, adding further supply issues to the Mexican capital metropolitan area’s enduring drought issue, in which dams remain
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