economics of the coffee crisis in mexico
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Adelita O’Dell-‐Morrow December 2009
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¡ Mexico has heavy dependency on coffee ¡ Collapse of the International Coffee agreement
¡ Coffee market unfamiliar with Free-‐market economy
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¡ Poverty ¡ Malnutrition ¡ Migration ¡ Narco-‐farmers and traffickers ¡ Revolution in state of Chiapas
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¡ Mexico’s general income drops 70% ¡ Impoverishment rises 39-‐43% ¡ Gini coefficient rises ¡ Growers receive less of the Total revenue less ¡ Coffee growers’ debt ¡ Cycle of poverty
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¡ 10-‐12% of Mexicans are malnourished ¡ Rural and coffee-‐growing regions most effected
¡ Food costs rise ¡ Child population effected most
§ Infant mortality § Child size
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¡ Growers take drastic measures out of desperation
¡ Coffee crisis triggers increase in drug crops § Coffee growers switch crops § Drug crop cultivation levels increase 1989
¡ Major supplier to U.S. § Producing heroin, methamphetamine § Smuggling cocaine
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¡ Drug gangs and cartels increase ¡ Torture, kidnapping, rape, murder increase ¡ Law enforcement becomes inactive
Mexican Drug Tunnel
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¡ Triggered by unemployment ¡ Veracruz has drastic numbers migrating ¡ Communities disintegrate ¡ Families loose men ¡ Risking death to cross U.S. Border
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¡ Hardest hit by coffee crisis ¡ Poverty triggers revolution ¡ Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) ¡ Life worsens
§ More deaths § More malnutrition
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¡ Unemployment ¡ Poverty ¡ Malnutrition ¡ Looking for other options
§ Drug trade § Migration
¡ Zapatista rebel in Chiapas