US EditionFarmers block Mexico’s Congress with tractors in protest against new national water law proposal
Farmers say the new law threatens rural water rights and livelihoods while the government aims to regulate water concessions amid corruption concerns.
- Dozens of farmers drove their tractors to Mexico City and blocked an entrance to Mexico's Congress to protest a new national water law proposal.
- The farmers say the proposal threatens their livelihoods and takes water away from the countryside for discretionary use.
- The protest comes after the farmers and truck drivers lifted recent road blockades after reaching an agreement with the government, but warned of escalating protests if the proposal advances.
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Adam Augusto López, senator of Morena and President of the Political Coordination Board of the Senate, said this Thursday from the rostrum that Morena does not seek more political power, after the sayings of the PANista Ricardo Anaya during the discussion that issues the General Water Law and reforms the National Waters Law.During the discussion of the Water Law in the Senate, which is opposed by peasant groups that demonstrate outside Congress …
Under the “national alert: the Mexican countryside is under attack,” the borders of Ciudad Juárez for the import and export of goods add up to 24 hours this Thursday. “From the countryside and transportation we raise our voice before the repression and the Water Law that threatens Mexico’s food sovereignty,” demanded the farmers who remain on Thursday at the Palomas-Columbus crossings, Jerónimo-Santa Teresa, Córdova-Americas, Zaragoza-Ysleta and…
Mexico City, Mexico.- The Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, expressed her appreciation to the Congress of the Union for the approval of the General Water Law, stating that the new legislation provides greater certainty and addresses the concerns of farmers in the countryside. The official emphasized that peasants and farmers were heard during the legislative process. Rodríguez pointed out that, with the advance of the law, the dem…
The Chamber of Deputies approved the enactment of the General Water Law, and reforms to the National Water Law.
Farmers of the country issued a message on the course of their struggle and their demonstrations in Mexico, while in the Chamber of Deputies the debate continues on the opinion issuing the General Water Law and reforming, repealing and adding various provisions of the National Waters Law, which has already been approved in general. In a message published on social networks of the National Transport Association (ANTAC), Mexican producers said the…
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