I wonder how it feels to the people of Mexico City, their daily lives a struggle to find running water. How does it feel when their former mayor who sold the water rights to capitalists, gets the Noble PETA prize for her ethical support for pets. Going so far as to alter the constitution.
Breakdown of the Expropriation Issue
- Original communal use: The Santa Úrsula Coapa community historically relied on the well for local water needs.
- 1962 land seizure: Large swaths of Santa Úrsula Coapa’s communal lands were expropriated by the federal government to build Azteca Stadium. This included displacement of families and loss of community resources.
- Televisa’s takeover: In 2018, the neighboring well was privatized by Televisa, which also owns the stadium. The company now extracts water at depths of 400 meters, compared to the original 80, showing over-exploitation.
- Current concession: Televisa holds the concession rights and has a collaboration agreement with Mexico City to donate water to the public network. However, residents argue this arrangement is precarious, since Televisa can withdraw the donation at any time.
- Community demand: Residents are urging President Claudia Sheinbaum to expropriate the well back from Televisa and return it to public control.
The well containing the water for the community was privatized in 2018 for use by the stadium. In 2018, the mayor (officially Head of Government) of Mexico City was Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who took office on December 5, 2018, after winning the election earlier that year.
She came to power near the end of 2018. However, considering the problem persists (humans with no rights to drinking water) – it is safe to say she did nothing to solve the problem. Then she gets the nod for president.
In the words of the famous poet Tupac Shakur; “They don’t give a fuck about us”.
Good job looking out for the pets though.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-cup-azteca-water-9.7003750
[they keep having world cups at that stadium. right beside the stadium there is no drinking water. Shienbaum should be considered deep state. peta-deep-state]
[the women no different to the men]
[Mexico is profiting using the China model. abuse to citizens – and rampant industrial pollution. no human rights watch in Mexico]