While Mexico plays politics with its water, some cities flood and others go dry
- Written by Veronica Herrera, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
Flooding is a common hazard in Nezahualcoyotl, a Mexican city just outside the nation's capital.AP Photos/Eduardo VerdugoWhen Cape Town acknowledged in February that it would run out of water within months, South Africa suddenly became the global poster child for bad water management. Newspapers revealed that the federal government had been slow to...
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