The long read: The spread of the avocado is a story of greed, ambition, corruption, water shortages, cartel battles and, in a number of towns and villages, a fierce fightback
Archived version: https://archive.ph/zd6RQ
Inside Mexico’s anti-avocado militias
https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jun/11/inside-mexico-anti-avocado-militias
4 Comments
match@pawb.social · 3 pts · 2y
Todos bienvenidos a la fría realidad
Todos bienvenidos al territorio libertad
Todos bienvenidos al encuentro de la dignidad
Todos con Zapata, rebeldía, solidaridad!
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
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Nobody@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
A breakaway eco-democracy recognized as an independent Indigenous state vs. expansive agribusiness backed by cartels. Droughts, a shortened rainy season, and the drain on local aquifers threaten to collapse the ecosystem, while the demand and profitability of avocados continues to rise.
Mango@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
I am not reading all of that bullshit. This looks like a journalist who gave up on their pursuit to be a novelist.