Fidel Lopez, 73, works as a volunteer after an earthquake in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Sept. 21, 2017. David de la Paz/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images. All rights reserved.
For the second time in two weeks, Mexico was shaken by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake - before, that is, the country had time to recover from the earthquake on September 7 and Hurricane Katia’s passage over Veracruz. Something the country demonstrated in this situation was the solidarity of its people, who immediately came out to help those affected. Good gestures, however, are not enough when what is at stake is the rebuilding a country.
As it is well known, Mexico’s geography makes the country prone to natural disasters – as was evidenced in recent weeks when, in a matter of just a few minutes, whole buildings collapsed. Although the country has an early-warning system, it was not effective in this case due to the immediacy of the earthquake.
