The government marathon that unblocked the roads
Imagine the scene: the Secretary of the Interior converted into the set of a last-minute reality negotiation show, where the protagonists, producers and transporters, had been stationed in front of the federal authorities for 12 hours. Spoiler alert: at the end, and after a dialogue that tested everyone’s patience, the blockades that had the country more stuck than a trailer on a dirt road began to be lifted. Finally, emergency services could do their jobs again without having to slalom between tractors and cargo trucks.
The agreement, cooked over a slow fire in the offices of Segob, commanded by Rosa Icela Rodríguez, not only promised the immediate clearing of communication routes, but also gave birth to three work tables. Because, let’s be honest, what complex problem in Mexico is solved without creating at least a couple of dialogue tables? The first will be in charge of safety on the roads (a topic that is enough for several seasons of a horror series), the second will clarify doubts about the legal regulations on water matters (or as the producers of Chihuahua call it, “the attempt to take away our water”), and the third will address the existential dramas of the Mexican countryside.
The caravan of chaos and the aggrieved of Chihuahua
While the National Association of Transporters (Antac) announced with relief that 90% of the roads had already been freed, including hot spots such as the Zinapécuaro booth in Michoacán and La Barca in Jalisco, a group felt like the guest who was given the plane. The Chihuahua producers left Segob with a frown, accusing that no one received them, not even the owner. His disappointment was as palpable as that of a fan whose idol cancels a concert at the last minute.
The PAN mayor of Ciudad Delicias, Jesús ValencianoWater Law, which according to their interpretation, threatens to disappear private property of the vital liquid.
The panorama during Thursday morning was worthy of a crisis map, with blockades reported in states such as Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Jalisco and Baja California. In an ironic twist, in Nogales, Sonora, farmers suspended their actions for the American Thanksgiving Day, only to discover that, despite their gesture of goodwill, cargo transporters could not cross the border because Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was also celebrating. Life, sometimes, is sarcastic like that.
The afternoon brought with it a respite. News of a possible deal in the capital began to circulate faster than a viral meme, and most lockdowns were lifted. The roads began to regain their pulse, showing that, sometimes, dialogue (no matter how long and tedious) can be more powerful than pure and simple obstruction.
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