Camila Sodi criticized the Mayan Train: “They lack information”

Camila Sodi joined the artists who said they were against the construction of the Maya Train, saying that the megaproject would cause an ecocide because of the impact it would have on the ecosystem of the Yucatan Peninsula.

In a meeting with the press, released by De Primera Mano, Camila Sodi spoke out against one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's most ambitious projects, the Mayan Train, and supported her colleagues who have also spoken out against this work.

“Among his statements, he argued that ecocide would not occur intentionally, but would be carried out due to lack of information on the part of those who are building the Train about the environmental impact of the project.

He also shared that during his vacation he enjoyed the nature of Mérida and would be very sorry that future generations could not enjoy this kind of thing.

“I wish we can all come together and support something as important as our planet. I come from Yucatan, and the truth is that there are some wonderful places and it would be very sad if our children, or their grandchildren, cannot appreciate them,” said the main character of Rubí.

On March 22, artists such as Eugenio Derbez, Kate del Castillo, Natalia Lafourcade, Omar Chaparro, Ana Claudia Talancón, Rubén Albarrán, Barbara Morí and Omar Chaparro joined forces to launch the campaign through social networks Sélvame del Tren, which aims for AMLO to stop the construction of Section 5 South of its megaproject after the route modifications that were made.

Section 5 South has a length of 60.3 kilometers and it had been said that it would be an overpass, even, it was already being built on federal highway 307 Playa del Carmen-Tulum. However, in order for the works to be completed before 2023, it will now pass at ground level through the jungle area that runs parallel to that federal road.

Celebrities criticized that the decision to modify this section was carried out without taking into account the consequences it will have on the country's ecosystem.

“The Mayan Train is destroying the jungle. Our natural heritage. Thousands, hundreds of trees have already been cut down and there could be millions more. Rivers and cenotes are being polluted. And it is worth mentioning that in that area there is the longest underground river system in the entire Tierra plant,” the celebrities say at the beginning of the broadcast video.

The Sélvame del Tren campaign was criticized by López Obrador, who called the participating artists “fifis”, “pseudo-environmentalists”, “conservatives” and pointed out that they would have been paid to launch their speech.

Similarly, the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) released a statement questioning where these “pseoudo-environmentalists” were. during the past six - year periods, when major works had been done destroying natural areas.

Another artist who supported Sélvame del Tren's message was Gael García, who called Semarnat's statement against the famous for their campaign against the Mayan Train. The protagonist of Rudo y Cursi has also called on his followers to learn about the environmental consequences of this mega-work.

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