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Divided Neighbors: A View From Mexico City
The Aztecs Built Mexico City On A Lake, And It's Making Life Complicated Today
Resume![Pedro Moctezuma, from Water for All, at a lake first settled by the Aztecs. (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/0427_mexico-water-1000x666.jpg)
Mexico City is chronically short of water — an irony considering the Aztecs built the original city on a lake. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson learns more about the region's acute water problems with Pedro Moctezuma of Agua Para Todos.
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![An aerial view taken with a drone of "trajineras," traditional flat-bottomed river boats, at Xochimilco natural reserve in Mexico City on April 1, 2016. (Mario Vazquez/AFP/Getty Images)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2017/04/0427_mexico-water02-1000x562.jpg)
![An aerial view taken with a drone of "trajineras," traditional flat-bottomed river boats, at Xochimilco natural reserve in Mexico City on April 1, 2016. (Mario Vazquez/AFP/Getty Images)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2017/04/0427_mexico-water03-1000x562.jpg)
![A rower and tourists are seen on board of a moored "trajinera," a traditional flat-bottomed river boat, at Xochimilco natural reserve in Mexico City on April 1, 2016. (Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2017/04/0427_mexico-water04-1000x692.jpg)
This segment aired on April 27, 2017.