Mexico: Mexicans to vote on new Constellation Brands brewery in Mexicali this month

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on March 9 said a public vote will be held on March 21-22 on whether to let U.S. company Constellation Brands Inc open a brewery in northern Mexico, Yahoo Finance reported.

The more than $1 billion brewery in the border city of Mexicali would produce Corona and Modelo beers. It has been a bone of contention with local protest groups, which argue it will cause water shortages in one of Mexico’s driest regions.

Constellation Brands says the plant is not a risk to water supplies.

08 March, 2020