Mexico City: Israeli Embassy Set On Fire Using Molotov Cocktails As Protests Intensify Against Israel’s Massacre In Rafah (Free Press Journal, 2024-05-29)
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“An angry mob, on Wednesday, set ablaze the Israeli embassy in Mexico City as protests intensify against Israel's massacres in Rafah in Gaza…”
Long Shot vielleicht, aber was zum Teufel. Geht heute Abend jemand zu Bruce Dickinsons The Mandrake Project-Konzert im Pepsi Center von Mexiko Stadt? Sag hallo, wenn wir uns dort treffen!
Mexico City is running out of water, forcing many to ration.
@axios reports: "The growing scarcity of water in several parts of Mexico is a bellwether of how worsening climate change may affect cities all over the world, experts say."
"Citing the Water Basin Organization of the Valley of Mexico, local outlet La Razón de México reported last week that officials fear this "day zero" — when the Cutzamala System will no longer have enough water for residents — could come on June 26 and last until September. Locals are already struggling to have enough water, with many going "days, if not weeks, without running water in their houses,"" #water#shortage#Mexico#MexicoCity#climate
Taking another ride on #MetroBusCDMX and thinking about how #NYC couldn't even install bus lanes where needed most in the #Bronx, because rich people who live elsewhere said not to.
#Spain’s Catalonia Is Spending $2.6 Billion to Survive Without Rain
#Catalonia, home to Barcelona, is building desalination plants. #Andalusia in the south is reducing water pressure "in an attempt to reduce consumption by 20%. If no rain falls next spring, it will require tanker ships to deliver water over the summer."
"Frustrated #MexicoCity residents have been protesting weeks of #WaterShortages, with officials warning of "unprecedented" low levels in a main system that supplies millions of people.
The bustling metro area of 21 million people - one of Latin America's largest cities - is struggling after years of low rainfall blamed on #ClimateChange, as well as chaotic urban growth and outdated infrastructure."
" The Aztecs chose this spot to build their city of #Tenochtitlan in 1325, when it was a series of lakes. They built on an island, expanding the city outwards, constructing networks of canals and bridges to work with the #water.
But when the Spanish arrived in the early 16th century, they tore down much of the city, drained the lakebed, filled in canals and ripped out forests. They saw “water as an enemy to overcome for the city to thrive.” "
I’ve been #cycling in lots of cities … here’s a thread of some of my favourite urban bike corridors. Hopefully #biketooter can add any that I missed so I can plan some future trips!
In this new interview, we speak with Mexican anarchist political prisoner Jorge “Yorch” Esquivel, an anarcho-punk and former squatter, and member of the Okupa Che autonomous space in #MexicoCity.