NAFTA’s corn flood devastated Chiapas small farmers and triggered the Zapatista uprising

Evidence

But this was no ordinary guerrilla movement, out to take over the country. The primary demands of the Zapatistas included economic and social justice as well more decisionmaking power for local communities. The uprising of January 1 occurred on the day the NAFTA treaty went into effect. This was no coincidence— the Zapatistas believed (correctly, as it turned out) that NAFTA would be devastating for the small farmers of Chiapas, because the flood of U.S. corn would undercut the price of local corn. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1530

Categorization

• XREF: Builds on chapter 34’s claim that subsidized US corn under NAFTA displaced millions of Mexican farmers — here instantiated in a concrete place and event. — connects to: Subsidized U.S. corn flowing into Mexico under NAFTA displaced millions of Mexican farmers — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1408