Tens of thousands of people staged demonstrations in Mexico last year to protest a 60% ncrease in the price of tortillas. How on earth did Mexicans, who live on the land where corn was domesticated, become dependent on US imports in the first place?
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Original: Manufacturing a Food Crisis