More normalized than the consumption of alcoholic beverages in Mexico is the consumption of soft drinks. This is because our country has been the victim of one of the most devastating forms of predatory advertising: Coca-Cola advertising.
The World Cup’s arrival in Mexico is a stark illustration of the absurdity of the world we’ve reached thanks to the power of large corporations; of the crisis of our current civilization, a society trapped in a power economy, manipulated by addictions.
150,000 new cases of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Mexico result from Coca Cola consumption annually. Does the US corporation need free advertising from the President, too?
Judge Miguel Ávalos Cornejo sought to grant an injunction to Coca-Cola allowing them to continue selling in high schools and universities under the preposterous justification of protecting the mutlinational’s “right to work.”
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference – a Tuesday with Health with Coca Cola, and comments on electoral reform, universal health credential, the military and public security, and gasoline prices.
In this dystopian world, in the most “Coca-colonized” country on the planet, the construction of toxic advertising environments relies on corruption and the power of large corporations. In the case of FIFA, corruption is an integral part of the institution.
Residents of Santa Ursula Coapa protested at Estadio Azteca against 2026 World Cup construction work & the privatized well which threatens public access to water.
Tabasco and Puebla will cancel the Christmas marketing campaign, which is heavily subsidized by local and state governments, after El Poder del Consumidor argued its aggressive marketing violated Mexico’s General Health Law and the right to health of children.
For decades, a neoliberal-captured Supreme Court allowed corporations to evade and defer massive tax debts to the Mexican state. Recent rulings suggest that era may be over.
Coco Cola propaganda parades are held in different cities across Mexico, representing one of the most persuasive advertising strategies aimed at children by appropriating powerful symbols and cultural values that they associate with a product that has a serious impact on the population’s health.