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Three bottles of Coca-Cola on a pile of ice cubes and against a red background.

The relentless imperialism of Coca Cola and our rights to health

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Beloved, worshipped, reviled: Coca-Cola has a complex history in Mexico. Sarah DeVries cuts through the controversy.
The mayor of Guanajuato town San Diego de la Unión made local groundwater contamination the focus of a recent press conference

‘When we open the tap, we are poisoning ourselves’: Mayor of...

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As communities around San Miguel de Allende expand, groundwater contamination has become increasingly prevalent, posing mounting health risks and sparking growing public concern.
Coca-Cola logo

Coca-Cola Mexico returns more than 4 million cubic meters of unused...

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The soda bottler, often criticized for its water use, is one of several companies participating in the return of unused water from its concessions, and plans to become “water neutral” by 2030.
man with hose indoors

Per capita water use in Mexico City is double that of China’s capital

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Mexico City and Beijing face the same kind of water supply challenges. Yet the average Chilango uses twice as much water as a typical resident of the Chinese capital.

Guanajuato struggles with flooding after record-breaking rains in May

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Feeling soggy in San Miguel? The Guanajuato Ministry of Water and the Environment reported that it rained about twice as much last month as it did in May 2024.
Heavy machinery sits in a river bed with a partly demolished dam, next to a large hacienda-style house

Water commission demolishes illegal dams built by Chihuahua ex-governor

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The unpermitted dams blocked a Rio Grande tributary, redirecting the water to irrigate Duarte's cattle ranch and walnut orchard.
Protest in a downtown street of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, with a line of people marching. At the front of the crowd, people are holding a white sign with black and agua-blue letters saying "We demand worthy water for San Cristobal de las Casas."

San Cristóbal de Las Casas: Where does all the water go?

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In San Cristóbal de Las Casas, locals are fighting for the right to reliable potable water amid corporate extraction concessions, aging infrastructure and health risks.
a dog lies down by a dry reservoir

Drought conditions affect 46% of Mexico, marking improvement from 2024

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In May 2024, drought affected 70.76% of Mexico’s territory, with 51% experiencing severe, extreme or exceptional drought.
To the relief of Texas farmers and ranchers, the USDA said that the new U.S.-Mexico water pact "solidified a plan for immediate and short-term" water deliveries from the Rio Grande.

Mexico reaches agreement to send more water to southern US

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The U.S. government had been pressuring the Mexican government to send more water to Texas, to which it owes a huge quantity of water under the terms of a 1944 bilateral treaty.
The La Boquilla dam half full under sunny skies

Drought paralyzes northern states’ water deliveries to US: ‘No one is obligated to do...

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In the past five years, Mexico has sent less than 30% of the water required by a 1944 treaty with the U.S., in good part because resources are increasingly scarce.
Kevin Costner in Waterworld

Waterworld (or not): A look into Mexico’s water shortages

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Today's reality is far from a Kevin Costner film: What's life like with limited water supplies and where is it being used?
President Claudia Sheinbaum gestures from behind the podium at her morning press conference

Sheinbaum responds to Trump in cross-border water dispute: Friday’s mañanera recapped

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President Sheinbaum emphasized that Mexico is complying with the treaty to the extent possible based on water availability.
A dry river in Nuevo León, Mexico, a state at risk of having its water resources confiscated by the federal government for delivery to the U.S.

Mexico scrambles to boost US water deliveries ahead of next year’s USMCA treaty review

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Northern states could see their water resources seized by the federal government as it strives to find water to send to the U.S.