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.
Food Sovereignty
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The Failed USMCA Project
Transnational corporations won in both NAFTA & the USMCA, and Mexico is not prepared to face the greater demands the US will impose in its favor for the continuation of the USMCA or in a new trade agreement.
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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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Via Campesina Latin American Coordination Holds 8th International Congress in Mexico
The world’s largest peasant & Indigenous movement expressed its solidarity with Mexican farmers, who have been striking to demand the government remove basic grains from free trade agreements.
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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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Mexico’s Agricultural Crisis & Transnational Corporations
National agriculture is in crisis, and if the government does not respond, the food supply for Mexicans will be left in the hands of transnational corporations.
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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.
