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75,000 protest tortilla prices in Mexico
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by Actual News Geezer | February 1, 2007 at 07:35 am
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So here's a skill-testing question: what happens when a crop - a food crop - is diverted from the supply chain that ordinarily brings it to consumers, and instead delivers it to the gas pumps? NowPublic is looking for first-hand accounts of this bizarre, perhaps unintended, consequence of the war on terror. Please contribute.
MEXICO CITY - Some 75,000 unionists, farmers and leftists marched to protest price increases in basic foodstuffs like tortillas, a direct challenge to the new president’s market-oriented economic policies blamed by some for widening the gulf between rich and poor.Since taking office Dec. 1 after a disputed election, President Felipe Calderon has drawn his greatest criticism for failing to control the largest price spike in tortillas in decades. Tortillas are a staple of poor Mexicans’ diet.
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at 10:04 on February 1st, 2007
Many thanks, Servin. We got your breaking news submission. It should be up shortly on our home page. I'd appreciate it if you could follow this story for future developments, and, if it turns out your story is in any way inaccurate, could you please make the necessary corrections. At any rate, thanks so much for keeping your eye on the news!
at 12:16 on February 1st, 2007
This is what happens when profits are put before people. The question is, how long before the meek attempt to take over the Earth and in what fashion will this "correction" take place. The poor are being pushed to the brink of non-existence in many places due in no small part to this 21st century take on Pax Americana imperialism.
at 12:31 on February 1st, 2007
I would love to see more on this story. Mexico gets surprisingly litte coverage in the MSM in the U.S., and along with Oaxaca disturbances last year there seems to be major civil unrest in Mexico.
at 15:36 on February 1st, 2007
Lets get more info in this, such as the link between this event and the war on terror. There is not enough in your post to show this.
It would be worthwhile including some background to corn price influences such as from scrippsnews where the gasoline reduction plans of GW Bush are impacting corn demand (especially for those non-USA readers who may not be as aware of influencing factors.