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VAZQUEZ GARCIA, Verónica. The sale of land and the transformation of the waterscape in San Salvador Atenco, State of Mexico. Cuicuilco. Rev. cienc. antropol. [online]. 2020, vol.27, n.77, pp.183-206.  Epub 24-Mar-2021. ISSN 2448-8488.

The objective of this article is to analyze the transformation of the waterscape in the municipality of San Salvador Atenco, State of Mexico. The first part documents the different moments of the 20th Century that contributed to the desiccation of this waterscape with a long lacustrine and agricultural vocation; the second part is dedicated to the institutional arrangements that facilitated the purchase of ejidal lands by the National Commission of Agua (CONAGUA) between 2007 and 2014, in preparation for the (now abandoned) construction project for the New International Airport of Mexico City (NAICM). It is argued that water was a key part of the imaginary used by CONAGUA to convince the ejidatario into selling their lands, since agricultural irrigation and the recovery of the former Lake of Texcoco were promised in exchange for the land. However, in reality, what the ejidatarios really received was money that, in general, was used to improve homes, build commercial premises and purchase vehicles. This situation contributed to further increasing the desiccation and urbanization of the waterscape of the municipality of Atenco.

Palavras-chave : Ejido; water; land market; political ecology; megaprojects.

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