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Sheinbaum: Consultations Address Protests Over Topolobampo Ammonia Plant

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • President Claudia Sheinbaum said authorities are consulting residents protesting construction of an ammonia plant in Topolobampo, Sinaloa.
  • Government agencies are holding assemblies to hear residents’ requests and concerns, while some objections involve company commitments that residents say remain unfulfilled.
  • Sheinbaum said no decision will be made until the consultation process ends and that the government is seeking dialogue rather than imposing a solution.

President Claudia Sheinbaum says the protests over an ammonia plant in Topolobampo are being handled through consultations, community assemblies and dialogue. “Work is under way in the area, consulting the population, working and engaging in dialogue,” she said at her morning news conference at the National Palace.

Work is under way in the area, consulting the population, working and engaging in dialogue.

· Claudia SheinbaumThe president described the government’s response to protests over the Topolobampo ammonia plant.

Sheinbaum recalled that construction began during the administration of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador after a public consultation in which communities in the area voted in favor of the project. The current protests, however, have prompted the federal government to send a team to the region.

Officials from Semarnat, the Interior Ministry, Conagua and other agencies are holding assemblies to hear residents’ requests, understand their views and establish why some oppose the plant. Sheinbaum said some complaints concern commitments made by the company that have not been fulfilled. The government is therefore working to ensure that the company meets those commitments in the area.

There are assemblies and consultations. Until this is finished, no decision will be made.

· Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum said authorities would wait for the consultation process to conclude.

“There are assemblies and consultations. Until this is finished, no decision will be made,” Sheinbaum said. She added that residents have been attending and participating in the meetings, stressing that the process should proceed through reason rather than force.

Nothing by force, but always through reason.

· Claudia SheinbaumSheinbaum characterized the government’s approach to the dispute.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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