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In April of 2023 Mexico's Chamber of Deputies passed legislation giving control over the construction of the Tren Maya to the Defense Ministry.<Ref>https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/deputies-approve-defense-ministry-control-of-the-maya-train/</Ref> | In April of 2023 Mexico's Chamber of Deputies passed legislation giving control over the construction of the Tren Maya to the Defense Ministry (Sedena.)<Ref>https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/deputies-approve-defense-ministry-control-of-the-maya-train/</Ref> | ||
<Blockquote>Deputy Julieta Mejía, of the Citizens Movement (MC) party, opposed the reforms because it gives the military further control over public works projects. <br> | |||
“We cannot turn Sedena into the builder of Mexico,” she said. “They are going to give the armed forces total and indefinite control of the infrastructure projects in our country.” <br> | |||
Under President López Obrador, the military’s participation in public works and infrastructure projects has broadened. On Friday, the Lower House approved a reform to the Civil Aviation and Airport laws that allows the formation of a state-owned airline operated by Sedena. This followed another reform passed in February giving the military control over Mexican airspace. <br> | |||
Sedena will also oversee the construction of six hotels near the Maya Train route through the state-owned company Olmeca-Maya-México.<Ref>https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/deputies-approve-defense-ministry-control-of-the-maya-train/</Ref></Blockquote> | |||
= Resistance to Construction = | = Resistance to Construction = | ||
Revision as of 20:04, 5 August 2023
History
Environmental Impact
Intensive land development in the "Riviera Maya" region of the Yucatan Peninsula has led to increased contamination of groundwater systems that eventually discharge into Caribbean coastal ecosystems. The increased land development is largely attributed to the tourist industry.[1] The train project will increase the chances of water contamination adding to already increased levels of pollutants.
Tram Five
The construction of the train threatens one of the longest underground rivers in the world, the Sac Aktun cave system, by potentially causing cave collapses and contamination from steel piles and diesel.[2]
Beyond the environmental impacts the construction of the train system in this area will likely cause destruction to ancient Mayan archeological sites.
Tram Six
Maya Forests
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
Military Collaboration
In April of 2023 Mexico's Chamber of Deputies passed legislation giving control over the construction of the Tren Maya to the Defense Ministry (Sedena.)[3]
Deputy Julieta Mejía, of the Citizens Movement (MC) party, opposed the reforms because it gives the military further control over public works projects.
“We cannot turn Sedena into the builder of Mexico,” she said. “They are going to give the armed forces total and indefinite control of the infrastructure projects in our country.”
Under President López Obrador, the military’s participation in public works and infrastructure projects has broadened. On Friday, the Lower House approved a reform to the Civil Aviation and Airport laws that allows the formation of a state-owned airline operated by Sedena. This followed another reform passed in February giving the military control over Mexican airspace.
Sedena will also oversee the construction of six hotels near the Maya Train route through the state-owned company Olmeca-Maya-México.[4]
Resistance to Construction
Sources
- ↑ Chris D. Metcalfe, Patricia A. Beddows, Gerardo Gold Bouchot, Tracy L. Metcalfe, Hongxia Li, Hanneke Van Lavieren, Contaminants in the coastal karst aquifer system along the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, Environmental Pollution, Volume 159, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 991-997, ISSN 0269-7491, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2010.11.031.
- ↑ https://www.uw360.asia/the-destruction-of-sac-aktun-underwater-cave-by-the-tren-maya-project/
- ↑ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/deputies-approve-defense-ministry-control-of-the-maya-train/
- ↑ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/deputies-approve-defense-ministry-control-of-the-maya-train/