Thursday, July 26, 2007

Calderon, Ebrard Blame Each Other as Mexico City Sewage Mess Seeps Closer

(Bloomberg) -- Summer rains threaten to overload
Mexico City's drainage system and flood Latin America's largest
urban area with sewage, as the president and mayor blame each
other for the predicament.

``We may witness the worst flooding in modern history in
Mexico City,'' President Felipe Calderon said in a speech last
month that Mayor Marcelo Ebrard refused to attend. Calderon said
the water and sewage drainage system ``faces problems more grave
than some authorities have reflected with their actions.''


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