Martín Arboleda is based at the School of Sociology of Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile. He is the author of Planetary Mine: Territories of Extraction under Late Capitalism (Verso, 2020), as well as of several scholarly articles on the political economy of primary commodity production in Latin America.

06.11.2020

• Martín Arboleda

The Free Market Can’t Prevent Latin America’s Coming Food Crisis

Even before COVID-19 hit Latin America in earnest last month, one-third of the region’s population was facing food insecurity. Now, as the economy contracts under lockdown and supply chains falter, overhauling the continent’s market-driven food system is more necessary than ever.