They are trying to make sure the government's promise of water does not go the way of past white men's promises, which left them where they are: high and dry.
On the white-painted ceiling high above I could see the brown stains where water had found its way in past winters through cracks in the nineteenth-century lead roof and had dripped into buckets and bowls hastily placed on the floor.
In Acapulco, the blue water of the bay gives way to a skyline dotted with closely packed tall white hotels operated by major hospitality companies such as InterContinental Hotel Group, Starwood Hotels, Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, and Global Hospitality Investments.