Mexico, U.S. reach water deal amid pinched supplies

April 2025

U.S.–Mexico

Mexico, U.S. reach water deal amid pinched supplies

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Mexico, U.S. reach water deal amid pinched supplies

U.S.–Mexico

Aerial view shows Mexican side of the Amistad Reservoir, one of two key border-straddling Rio Grande reservoirs. (Photo courtesy of IBWC)

Mexico and the United States recently reached a water-sharing deal after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs and sanctions, falsely accusing Mexico of violating a 1944 treaty guaranteeing water deliveries to Texas’ Lower Rio Grande Valley. With Texas officials demanding speedier water deliveries from Mexico, Trump went so far as to claim on April 10 that Mexico was “stealing the water from Texas farmers.” But on April 28, Mexican and U.S. officials announced a new, short-term agreement under which Mexico would deliver water to Texas through October. Involving delivery of some 324,286 to 419,951 acre-feet of water (400 to 518 million cubic meters), the deal won praise from Texas elected officials and farm leaders as well as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. Sheinbaum said the agreement was struck after careful analysis of water sources that could be used to make deliveries to Texas “without putting our country at... [Log in to read more]

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April 2025

U.S.–Mexico

Mexico, U.S. reach water deal amid pinched supplies

Mexico and the United States recently reached a water-sharing deal after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs and sanctions, falsely accusing Mexico of violating a ......

Mexico (Free Read)

Green groups decry Gulf of California LNG export plan

A Mexican court has suspended development of a US$15 billion liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Gulf of California, a Unesco World Heritage site ......

Peru

Prize goes to woman who led fight for river’s rights

A year ago, an organization of Kukama women in Peru’s northeastern Loreto region celebrated a court ruling recognizing the Marañón River, a key tributary of ......

Brazil

Experts fear tariff war will spur Brazil deforestation

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