Mexican Government Announces Plan to Guarantee White Corn Price
Drought, the dumping of subsidized crops from the US, middle-men profiteering and falling prices have been indebting and ruining Mexico’s corn producers.
Food Sovereignty
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Mexico City Police Close Reforma to Stop Farmers Protest
With trucks, patrol cars, riot police, and even an official tow truck, the police blocked vehicles carrying protesters, despite their right to public demonstration.
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Restore Campesino Rights, Reject the USMCA
José Jacobo Femat of the Central of Peasant & Popular Organizations, rejects the USMCA entirely, saying free trade agreements have effectively turned Mexico into a colony of US multinationals.
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Glyphosate: the Legal & Political Battle That Defines the Future of the World’s Most Widely Used Herbicide
A US Supreme Court decision on cancer & agrochemicals is taking place as the Trump administration declares glyphosate a national security priority.
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USMCA & The Destruction of Mexican Agriculture
The treaty didn’t open a neutral market; it consolidated a mechanism in which Mexico absorbs subsidized grains that sustain income & territorial power on the US side of the border, while here, producers, communities, & margins of sovereignty are dismantled.
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Indigenous Communities Denounce Non-Compliance by Mexico’s Agriculture Secretariat, Announce Day of Protest
The Supreme Indigenous Council of Michoacán demanded the removal of the Agricultural Secretary, citing omissions, negligence, & mismanagement of public funds.
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USMCA: Listen to All Voices from the Countryside
It’s imperative to develop a roadmap for building Mexico’s sovereign agri-food model with broad participation, especially from producers. Our agriculture is not merely a productive activity; it is social cohesion, identity, meaning, & a formidable public good.
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Who is Blocking Mexicans’ Right to Food?
A Mexican food law which would exclude corporations from participating in decision-making is dying from neglect: the government has stalled on implementing it for the past two years.
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Farmers Warn of World Cup Protests After Cancelled Meeting with Interior Secretariat
In Mexico City, farmers were met by riot police and a heavy security presence.
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Mexican National Farmers Strike for Food Sovereignty
Progress toward food sovereignty requires policies that protect, regulate, and promote the responsibility of the State. Maintaining the mistaken notion that these are goodwill aid packages given to farmers and agricultural producers only when budgetary resources are available will deepen the agricultural crisis and increase food dependency.
