Ya Valio Madres How American fizzy drinks like Coca-Cola fueled Mexico's health crisis

[Elsa]

When a southern Mexican state effectively outlawed sales of sugary drinks and sweets to children to protect public health, the ban made international news. But few people in Oaxaca – even some fizzy drinks distributors and shop owners – are aware of the rule and the authorities have not enforced the potentially unpopular measure, despite tens of thousands of deaths nationally a year linked to sugary beverages, as obesity and diabetes rates soar.

The ban on selling fizzy drinks to children, announced in 2020, was earmarked to be implemented within a year, but there has been inaction. Campaigners say the ban would probably face stiff opposition from industry if it was imposed.

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Obesity and diabetes rates are soaring, so why hasn’t a law banning sugary beverages for children been enforced?

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[Juan]

The ban on selling fizzy drinks to children, announced in 2020, was earmarked to be implemented within a year, but there has been inaction. Campaigners say the ban would probably face stiff opposition from industry if it was imposed.

This is the problem right here. Corporations that put profits over the greater good of all Mexicans, foreign corporations, and Whitexican owners will never put the health of average Mexicans first.

The biggest soft drink culprit is the Mexican-based multinational beverage company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is a subsidiary of FEMSA, which owns 47.8% of its stock, with 27.8% held by wholly owned subsidiaries of The Coca-Cola Company and the remaining 25% listed publicly on the Mexican Stock Exchange (since 1993)

I very much doubt people who believe they are European and not Mexican can actually have the best interest of the average Mexican.