Mexico: Recent Tropical Storms reveal weak infrastrucutre, corruption

Posted on September 29, 2013 • Filed under: Latin America News

globalpost.com reported that human nature is sharing the blame with Mother Nature in Mexico for the destruction spawned by twin storms, with critics pointing to shoddy construction, endemic corruption and political wheeling-and-dealing. The country was thrashed last week by a rare tag team of tropical storms on opposite coasts, Manuel and Ingrid, that killed at least 123 people, damaged 72 roads and affected 1.5 million homes to various degrees. Read Article

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