Campesinos converge on Cancun

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The international Caravan of La Via Campesina advances for Cancun

Mexico, Federal District, December 1st, 2010

The three caravans that left on November 28th for San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara and Acapulco arrived yesterday in Mexico City. They went by central urban avenues and today they headed to Cancun, where they will arrive on December 3rd.

They constitute the fourth caravan and will be joined by two more, one coming from Chiapas and the other from Oaxaca, to arrive together in the camp installed by La Via Campesina and The National Assembly of Those Affected by the Environment, the Mexican Electricians Union and the Movement for National Liberation.

This series of mobilizations seeks to publicize the grave conditions of social and environmental deterioration found in the cities, communities and towns of Mexico, due to the politics of privatization of public goods, the impunity with which industries operate with respect to environmental regulations and to the violations of the social and labor laws of the citizens.

"The caravans have noted the serious pollution of the rivers in the country. It’s known that sixty percent of the groundwater and watersheds are contaminated; seventy percent of the soil has some form of erosion and the contamination of transgenic corn is present in fifteen states of the republic, to mention only the most dramatic cases.

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