As AgroParisTech through is “Water for All” Chair is partner of the Water Integrity Network (WIN)
We publish an article on corruption about water in Mexico.
Cody Copeland is journalist based in Mexico City for the CourtHouse News Service and is risking his life by presenting articles as such.
Mexico is running out of water, and authorities appear to be doing little to plug the leak. Activists have proposed a new federal law to manage the country’s water supply.
MEXICO CITY (CN) — “The final revolution will not be for money or material goods, it will be for water, and I think it will be worldwide,” Jorge Zapata González said within earshot of the bronze statue of his grandfather, legendary hero of the Mexican Revolution Emiliano Zapata. “Without water, there is no life.”
Emiliano Zapata fought and died for a set of ideals that have since been boiled down to the pithy phrase “Land and Liberty.” However, more than a century after his murder, his descendants in the southern state of Morelos find themselves fighting what is essentially the same battle: access to resources and economy.
“This is a huge responsibility,” said Zapata González. “It isn’t an easy job, but someone has to do it, and if that person is me, I’ll do it gladly. I prefer to see my people free and healthy, not riddled with cancer from these terrible projects that only end up polluting.”
