Mexican Farmers Protest Again Next Week
Campesino organizations are proposing the government creating a Strategic Food Reserve to stabilize prices, strengthen food sovereignty & help thousands of farmers facing ruin from the agricultural crisis.
Farmers strike
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Bean Producers Face Ruin: Squeezed by Corporations, Government Support Insufficient
Mexico’s government has not met its commitment to enforce its agreed-upon price for farmers, who are forced to sell to an oligopsony of corporations, intermediaries and wholesale operators.
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Bean Imports from US Worsen Mexico’s Farm Crisis
Subsidized US beans are flooding Mexico, above the amount required to meet national demand, while the government fails to meet commitments it made to producers only a month ago.
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Continuing Neoliberal Policies Over Farmers’ Demands
If the government fails to meet the needs of the population and continues to act in favor of the interests of the US and the financial sector, economic and social problems and discontent among affected sectors will worsen, leading to increased protests.
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Crisis in Puebla’s Countryside
INEGI figures prove it: agriculture in Puebla state is collapsing. In one year, 103,219 workers, almost 20% of the agricultural workforce, lost their jobs.
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Mexican Farmers & Transporters End Blockades
The government has made a commitment to farmers to discuss excluding basic grains and oilseeds from the review of the USMCA.
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Mexican Corn Corporations Manipulate Prices
In October 2024, Mexico’s anti-trust authority decried the situation as being an oligopoly, and singled out Maseca, Minsa, Gruma, Cargill as paying unfair prices for white corn while reaping extreme profits selling to tortilla shops.
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For a Comprehensive Agricultural Plan for Mexico
It’s essential the government develop a comprehensive plan for rural development that goes beyond combating poverty & marginalization & promotes a development policy that supports farmers.
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Mexican Farmers Strike Fights US Corn Dumping: Soberanía 86
Farmers in Mexico are protesting, blockading areas across the country, challenging the low prices they receive for corn & highlighting the role of intermediaries in the supply chain & US dumping of heavily subsidized corn.
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Rural Rage
As Monday’s protests demonstrate, Mexican farmers are at a breaking point. Caught between the USMCA trade agreement and a wall of policies that ignore them, they are fighting for their survival. Their anger will not subside anytime soon.
