Berdegué, Agribusiness Hatchet Man
With a crippling national farmers strike only one bad meeting away, the government’s disregard for Mexico’s agricultural crisis has a surprising face: its Secretary of Agriculture.
Agribusiness
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The Transnational Corn Market
Without state regulation and as a result of “free trade”, transnational corporations are increasingly controlling the basic food market and imperiling Mexican food sovereignty.
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Agricultural Producers Call for Removing Basic Grains from USMCA, Building Food Sovereignty
What’s the point of lowering inflation with cheap imported products that generate unemployed people who have no income to purchase cheap goods?
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Day Labourers: Victims of Cruelty
There are more than 5 million agricultural day labourers in Mexico, approximately half of whom lack employment contracts, benefits and health services; many are Indigenous, often children work in the fields. These workers produce untold wealth for Mexican and transnational agribusiness corporations, in conditions of extreme exploitation and abuse.
