DiCaprio Reaches Agreement With Mexican President

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Last month, through his social networks, Leonardo DiCaprio directly asked Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to protect the marine vaquita that lives in the country and is in danger of extinction. The president promised the actor to carry out measures to prevent the disappearance of this species.

"It is an honor to work with President Peña Nieto, who has been a leader in the conservation of ecosystems to ensure the future viability of marine life in the Gulf," said the protagonist of The Revenant.

In his official residence in Los Pinos, Peña Nieto held a private meeting with DiCaprio and businessman Carlos Slim, both representing their namesake foundations, where a memorandum of understanding was signed in which Mexico acquires more commitments to protect the Gulf's marine ecosystems. Of California. In this place, the aforementioned vaquita marina resides.

According to the Presidency of the Republic, one of its interests is "to ensure the vitality of the region's waters", which due to indiscriminate fishing exploitation, is putting at risk the species that inhabit it.

Given this, the government will carry out actions to sanction illegal and night fishing; The temporary ban on gillnets in the vaquita ecosystem will also be changed to permanent.

Enrique Peña Nieto mentioned that Mexico is "more committed than ever" to fulfill the commitments of the Agreement in Paris and collaborate with other countries to take care of the environment.

For his part, Leonardo DiCaprio disclosed some of these agreements on his social networks.