Farmers and transporters highlighted that one of the demands of the mobilization is that the price of corn reaches 7,200 pesos per ton.
Mexico City, November 11 (However).- The National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside reported this Tuesday that the next November 24 will make a national strike which will include road blocks and taking customs. The mobilization aims to pressure the federal governmentheaded by Chairwoman Claudia Sheinbaum Pardoto establish a dialogue regarding the precio of the corn and the policies of the agricultural sector.
He Sinaloan producer and leader of the front, Baltazar Valdezexplained that the protesters will prevent the transfer of goodsalthough they will allow the passage of private vehicles y passenger transport. Meanwhile, he pointed out that the seizure of customs will be a measure of maximum pressure for the authorities to respond to their requests.
The farmers announced that one of the demands of the mobilization is that the price of corn reaches 7,200 pesos per ton. This after farmers from Guanajuato, Michoacán and Jalisco have not made significant progress in negotiations with the federal government.
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Baltazar Valdez, leader of the National Front for the Defense of the Mexican Countryside (FNRCM), announced a total stoppage of work and roadblocks to cargo trucks and customs clearance.
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The strike will have the participation of the National Association of Transporters (ANTAC) and the Peasant Agricultural Movement (MAC). Both organizations confirmed that they will join forces to stop cargo transportation and demand better conditions for the sector.
Likewise, David Estévez Gamboa, representative of ANTAC, denounced the daily theft of cargo vehicles and the increase in acts of corruption on highways since the National Guard assumed control. In this way, he called on operators to suspend their work on the day of the strike, pointing out that the blockades will prevent transit throughout the country.
Peasant leaders also denounced that the new Water Law limits concessions, which will affect the ownership and productivity of the land, so this measure reduces the value of their land and puts agricultural production at risk.
With this, the peasant organizations raised five central points in their petition:
- The recognition of agriculture as a national interest.
- The exclusion of basic grains and oilseeds from the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC).
- The creation of an agricultural development bank.
- The definition of guarantee prices.
- The temporary suspension of the discussion of the National Water Law.
Sugar producers demand rescue of the sector
Cane producers from at least nine states in the country held protests in Mexico City, and blocked roads and toll booths. Their main demand is that the federal government implement an emerging plan to rescue the sugar sector, affected by the drop in prices due to the free importation of sweeteners.
Representatives of Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Morelos, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Chiapas and Puebla gathered in the country’s capital and blocked the roads near the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) and the Ministry of Economy (SE). This in order to demand immediate responses to their proposals.
The producers carried out intermediary blockades on Cuauhtémoc Avenue and mobilizations in different areas of Veracruz, one of the main producing states. The protests also affected traffic on the Puebla-Coatzacoalcos Highway and the La Tinaja-Isla Highway, particularly at the El Caracol Bridge booth, the Papaloapan Bridge booth and the Cosamaloapan toll plaza.
The main demand of the sugarcane sector is the immediate implementation of an emerging plan that includes a subsidy of 300 pesos per ton of harvested sugarcane. The union leaders pointed out that the 2024-2025 harvest left thousands of families in a situation of debt and economic loss, as a result of the entry into the country of more than 750 thousand tons of low-cost sugar from Guatemala and Brazil, in addition to the import of high fructose corn syrup that has seriously affected national prices.
The producers recognized the federal decree that increased the sugar import tariff by 156 percent, forcing them to pay nearly 11 thousand pesos per ton in taxes. However, they consider that this measure is insufficient to solve the structural problems facing the sector.
The organization Cañeros Produciendo por México demanded that the National Commission for the Sustainable Development of Sugar Cane (Conadesuca) make transparent the finances that support the importation of sweeteners and their effects on the national price. In addition, they asked to review the entry of products that pretend to be other inputs, such as flour or activated carbon. Their final requests include a total cessation of sugar imports, an increase in the tariff to 720 dollars per ton and the immediate delivery of support of 300 pesos per ton of cane.