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October 27, 2020

Mexico Reaches Disputed Deal with U.S. in Water Debt Case
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Mexico has reached an agreement to settle a long-standing water debt
with the United States, despite opposition and ongoing protests from
farmers in the northern state of Chihuahua. Mexico has been diverting
water to the U.S. from the La Boquilla Dam, which farmers say has left
them unable to irrigate their crops amid a searing drought. Under the
terms of a 1944 treaty, Mexico owes the U.S. nearly a half-billion cubic
meters of water.


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