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Severe drought puts stop to beer production in northern Mexico

by Oli Dodd


President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said that beer production in northern parts of Mexico is “over” as the region faces severe water shortages.

In a press conference on Monday, he said: “This is not to say we won’t produce any more beer, it’s to say that we won’t produce beer in the north. That’s over.”

The decision comes as northern Mexico faces a historic water shortage leaving major cities like Monterrey rationing water to its inhabitants as reservoirs hit the bottom of their basins.

The New York Times reports that some neighbourhoods in Monterrey have lacked running water for 75 days…


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