As Mexico’s reservoirs run dry, the people stuck on the drying lake beds wonder how they will survive.
![Ranchero Cornelio with one of his young calves; as his cattle graze he takes a rest on one of the few trees in the desert landscape that once was Lake Cuitzeo [Jules Emile/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sequia-de-lago-quitzeo-mexico-39.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Arnaud De Decker is a freelance journalist based in Brussels, with a focus on Africa and Latin America. He writes mainly about environment, social justice and human rights.
As Mexico’s reservoirs run dry, the people stuck on the drying lake beds wonder how they will survive.
![Ranchero Cornelio with one of his young calves; as his cattle graze he takes a rest on one of the few trees in the desert landscape that once was Lake Cuitzeo [Jules Emile/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sequia-de-lago-quitzeo-mexico-39.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)