It’s interesting that Mexicans, who Americans that oppose NAFTA think are the big beneficiaries of the treaty, are just as vigorously opposed to it as they are. A few days ago, Mexico celebrated its 200th anniversary. But according to this editorial from Mexico’s La Jornada, the event was not the unadulterated celebration it should have been. The culprit?:
From La Jornada, the editorial says in part:
To begin with, it’s a paradox that the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of our quest for independence comes within the context of our extremely encroached opon national sovereignty.
This manifests itself with particular clarity in the more than two decade long submission to the neoliberal model dictated by Washington, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; in the subsequent signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); in the grave issue of food dependency that affects Mexico; in its abandonment of the countryside, industry and national manufacturing; in the deliberate degradation of the oil industry and the handing over to international companies of strategic assets like banking and electrical power generation. This state-conducted “hollowing out,” which was executed with such obvious corruption, the unbridled privatization of the last four federal administrations, and the handing off of federal legal authority to corporations and foreign governments, have put the country in a position of lamentable dependence.
Much the same can be said about the signing of agreements like the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America – also known as the “militarized NAFTA” – and the Merida Initiative. Such agreements on the part of Mexico represent inadmissible capitulations of sovereignty and national security.
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