Anousheh Ansari

  • TOPSHOT – A worker of the National Water Commission fills a water truck with drinking water to be distributed in Mexico City on January 29, 2024. The problem of water shortages in Mexico, which afflicts both the capital and other states and is aggravated by the heat wave, is beginning to break into the campaigns for the general elections. Less than three months before the June 2 elections and the rainy season, the capital and its suburbs, with more than 20 million inhabitants, have been suffering since January from constant water shortages in many neighborhoods, forcing many to install huge water tanks or build cisterns to store water. (Photo by RODRIGO OROPEZA / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO OROPEZA/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

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