The “Cartel Civil War” Places Mexico as Fourth Country with Most Extreme Conflict Level in the World

“The first thing is to recognize that we are in a country with zones of extreme conflict, where civilians are particularly threatened, and recognize that it is not new, that we have been in this reality for at least 15 years, that there is no point in hiding it, on the contrary, let us face the context, understanding the Mexican particularity. We must understand the flows of arms and drugs in which Mexico is immersed because it has the largest drug and arms market in the northern world. Let us recognize that it is transnational, that not everything is attributable to the Mexican political reality.”

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Food Sovereignty

Regardless of what is being claimed, there is no food sovereignty in Mexico. According to Via Campesina, food sovereignty is the right of people to produce their food, in their territory, in a way that reinforces their cultural values and the environment. It should ensure that peasants, family farmers and rural women have the resources they need to produce food, have greater access to and control over land, seeds, water, credit and markets (https://shorturl.at/frdGC). None of that is happening here. To begin with, more than half of the basic grains consumed by the population are imported. The combined action of

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Peaceful Political Struggle with Resistance and Rebellion Is Possible: EZLN

“We discovered two weapons in the peaceful struggle, which are resistance and rebellion. We can achieve what we are going to continue from now on and we can say now that we have seen it, if peaceful political struggle is possible with resistance and rebellion, organization is needed for those two weapons” said Insurgent Sub-commander Insurgente Moisés.

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