Last Tuesday, November 11, members of the National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside (FNRCM) and of the National Transport Association (ANT) They demonstrated in front of the National Palace to demand greater security on roads and actions against corruption. They announced a national strike on November 24.
Alejandro Rodríguez, leader of the Front and producer of Chihuahuadenounced that the crisis in the countryside has deepened due to institutional abandonment, low crop prices and lack of support for producers.
The protesters warned that they would hold demonstrations in different regions of the country and did not rule out a national strike if there was no response from the government. Their demands include:
- Review of transportation costs
- Regulation of tow truck rates
- Urgent attention to producers affected by inflation
- Rural insecurity
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Sugarcane producers distance themselves from the possible national strike
The National Union of Sugarcane Producers (UNPCA), through leader Javier Sánchez, He distanced himself from the protests held yesterday from the country’s capital and assured that Mexican sugar cane producers will not participate in the next mobilizations, nor in the national strike called by dissident groups in the sector. He stressed that their demands have already been addressed through the new tariff agreement.
Sánchez assured that the organization he heads, which brings together at least 98% of the country’s cane producers, accepted the new agreement of the federal government, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, which establishes that all sugar imports will pay a tax of 156% on its value, which in practice will make the foreign product more expensive.
“If a ton costs 7 thousand pesos in the world market, the importer will have to pay 11 thousand more tax. With logistics and profit, the final cost would exceed 20 thousand pesos per ton or 20 pesos per kilo. With this they no longer give the numbers to marketers“explained the leader, who trusted that the measure will stabilize national prices and give certainty to the sector after months of losses.
With information from SUN.
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