Campesinos Demand Halt to Attorney General’s Investigation Into Farmers Strike Blockades
Farmers had planned to block customs & international bridges a week prior, but decided against it to avoid retaliation from the US government.
Food Sovereignty
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The Mirage of Development Without Industry & Without Agriculture
Mexico, a country that could have been an agricultural powerhouse, resigns itself to surviving on band-aids, managing its decline with welfare programs that change names but not their underlying logic while sacrificing food sovereignty to USMCA diktat.
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Corn Producers Maintain 12 Blockades in 5 States
Mexico’s farmers strike has not ended, as the government has only negotiated with certain producers over issues such as a low price for corn which benefits monopolies and the destruction of food sovereignty initiated by free trade with the US.
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Corn Producers: Agreement with Government Only Partially Meets Demands
Producers did not agree to formalize the base price of 5,200 pesos offered by the government in this most recent national agricultural strike.
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Campesinos Ride Again
Last week’s strike by agricultural producers against the USMCA and the uncontrolled entry of subsidized grains from the US is part of a fight for Mexican food sovereignty that demands the government’s full attention.
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Mexican Import of White Corn, Used for Dough & Tortillas, Quadruples
2025 will close with record levels of imports, with most of the grain coming from the US, along with genetically modified yellow corn.
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Basic Grains at the Crossroads
The loss of domestic production translates into greater dependence on the United States.
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Oaxaca Nears Self-Sufficiency in Corn
The Secretary of Agri-Food Development and Rural Development said that the goal is to reach 800 thousand tons annually.
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Neoliberal Policies Have Compromised Mexico’s Food Sovereignty
With the USMCA revision, Mexico will be even less self-sufficient in food as the US pushes for more imports and Mexico lacks a substantive policy to support and develop national agricultural production.
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Mexican State Dairy to Expand Operations
Leche par el Bienestar guarantees Mexicans are able to exercise their constitutional right to healthy food, providing milk at between 16% to 70% the cost of private milk, while guaranteeing a fair price to dairy farmers.
