1-03-08, 9:40 am

Mexico, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) Though actions blocking imports of subsidized US grains ended Wednesday, rejection of the North American Free Trade Agreement keeps growing in Mexico.

In the state of Guanajuato, Archbishop Jose Guadalupe Martin urged the government to support farmers facing the serious problem caused by the elimination of tariffs to agricultural products from the US and Canada. Martin added the Mexican agricultural sector cannot compete with such foreign products, which entails serious, real risks.

The general secretary of the National Coordinating Office of Educators, Artemio Ortiz, announced they will hold demonstrations in the capital demanding a renegotiation of the agreement.

Farmers in Guerrero state, and students from the Autonomous University in that region gathered in Chipalcingo downtown to denounce the damage the agricultural chapter of NAFTA causes to the country.

The Emiliano Zapata Farmers' Union called its members to join ranks to face the loss of national food safety posed by the deal, while the National Association of Agricultural Commercializing Firms said free import of corn and beans is a real economic and social catastrophe, which will result in national insecurity, and affect the country's governability.

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