MEXICO CITY.- This Tuesday, during its usual morning press conference, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardoassured that his Government maintains dialogue tables open with the agricultural producers who have starred protests in different regions of the country demanding set the minimum price of corn at 7,200 pesos.
“Yes, there is a proposal that was made to them, the working table is open and the dialogue table will continue,” said the president.
The president @Claudiashein reported that this Thursday the Secretary of Agriculture, Julio Berdegué, will attend the morning conference to detail the agreement on the price of corn.
Sheinbaum announced that there is already a “proposal” in progress and that the discussion tables will continue… pic.twitter.com/4YMOqBreIH
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The Mexican president stated that next Thursday she will be in the “People’s Conference” the holder of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Compatible), Julio Berdegueto address the situation.
Farmers block roads
“We are in a state of desperation”, passengers of an ETN truck have been trapped for 27 hours on the Morelia-Zinapécuaro highway due to the farmers’ blockade. Without water, without food and without response from the authorities.
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This Tuesday, farmers continued with blockades on different roads in the country, affecting thousands of people who have been stranded for more than 24 hours, trapped inside their vehicles or public transport buses.
Claudia Sheinbaum’s statements occur after a series of mobilizations by corn producers and farmers in the country, who blocked roads in several states to demand the Government set the minimum price of corn at 7,200 pesos.
On Monday, Mexican authorities offered to set that price at 6,050 pesos.
However, farmers and producers rejected it and described it as a “mockery” and “insult to the Mexican countryside.”
The Mexican Government has reiterated that it seeks a balanced agreement that benefits both small producers and the price stability in the domestic marketin a context of tension in the field due to the fall in international corn prices and the effects of climate change in production.
Hundreds of travelers stranded on the Morelia-Guadalajara highway since yesterday, October 27.
Without water or food, families sleep in their cars. Farmers maintain the strike until their demands are met. pic.twitter.com/4MZiYT2YEQ
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The producers have warned that their protests and road blockades will continue until their demands are met, pointing out that “patience is over” and the “false” dialogue tables, and they said that what was a “proposal” became a “non-negotiable national demand.”
Summoned by the Peasant Agricultural Movement (MAC) and the National Union of Agricultural Workers (UNTA), protesters paralyzed roads in Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacán, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Sonora, Baja California, Durango, Tlaxcala, State of Mexico, Colima, Chiapas and Puebla on Monday.
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