The Battle for Mexico’s Tortilla: The Threat of Transgenic Corn from the United States

A simple corn cake, but what a cake! It is Mexico’s DNA – its history, its food, its identity. Mexicans have an almost mystical relationship with this cereal, which their ancestors domesticated nearly 9,000 years ago and which occupies a prominent place in the Popol Vuh, the Mayan sacred book. And in popular culture, nothing symbolizes their heritage better than the tortilla, baked on every street corner by tireless grandmothers. But this mythical tortilla is now in the crosshairs of the most formidable of adversaries: the gringos.

The United States wants to force Mexico to accept their transgenic corn, including sweet corn, intended for human consumption… and therefore for tortillas. The quarrel swelled for years, it is now a group of experts who is responsible for examining the dispute. Once this group has made