Mexican Farmers Block New Law to Privatize Plants
Progressive small farmer organizations in Mexico scored a victory over transnational corporations that seek to monopolize seed and food patents.
Progressive small farmer organizations in Mexico scored a victory over transnational corporations that seek to monopolize seed and food patents.
By Alfredo Acedo When Solón attended the COP16 last year in Cancun, Mexico, he still served as Bolivia’s ambassador to the UN and led his country’s delegation at the talks on global
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Although the right to food is now recognized in the Constitution, poverty, hunger and exclusion in the country have worsened to the point that to put the right to food in practice
The clock on the Torre Latinoamericana strikes 5:00 on April 6 as the ragtag group that fills the esplanade of the Bellas Artes museum yells ‘No more blood!’ and ‘Down with Felipe
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On February 6, journalist Carmen Aristegui was abruptly fired from her job as anchor of the morning radio show for MVS Noticias. Aristegui issued an official statement denouncing pressure from the president’s