She Took On Colombia’s Soda Industry. Then She Was Silenced. - Sensationalist Headlines

[URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/health/colombia-soda-tax-obesity.html?rref=collection%2Fseriescollection%2FPlanet%20Fat&action=click&contentCollection=Health&module=Collection&region=Marginalia&src=me&version=series&pgtype=article"]source[/URL] edit: this was from nov 13, 2017, so it's a tad old [QUOTE]BOGOTÁ, Colombia — It began with menacing phone calls, strange malfunctions of the office computers, and men in parked cars photographing the entrance to the small consumer advocacy group’s offices. Then at dusk one day last December, Dr. Esperanza Cerón, the head of the organization, said she noticed two strange men on motorcycles trailing her Chevy sedan as she headed home from work. She tried to lose them in Bogotá’s rush-hour traffic, but they edged up to her car and pounded on the windows. The episode, which Dr. Cerón [URL="https://static01.nyt.com/science/police_report.pdf"]reported to federal investigators[/URL], was reminiscent of the intimidation often used against those who challenged the drug cartels that once dominated Colombia. But the narcotics trade was not the target of Dr. Cerón and her colleagues. Their work had upset a different multibillion-dollar industry: the makers of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages. Their organization, Educar Consumidores, was the most visible proponent of a proposed 20 percent tax on sugary drinks that was heading for a vote that month in Colombia’s Legislature. The group had raised money, rallied allies to the cause and produced a [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHSSvyjnsos"]provocative television ad[/URL] that warned consumers how sugar-laden beverages can lead to obesity and diet-related illnesses like diabetes. The backlash was fierce. A Colombian government agency, responding to a complaint by the nation’s leading soda company that called the ad misleading, [URL="http://www.sic.gov.co/noticias/superindustria-ordena-retirar-comercial-de-tv-sobre-supuestos-efectos-nocivos-del-consumo-de-bebidas-azucaradas"]ordered it off the air[/URL]. Then the agency went further: It prohibited Dr. Cerón and her colleagues from publicly discussing the health risks of sugar, under penalty of a $250,000 fine.[/QUOTE] saw this in the related articles of the malaysia article I linked earlier, you should see the related articles from both articles.

K see this is proof the dystopia is upon us already when even soda is being used to affect political change

[quote] Then the agency went further: It prohibited Dr. Cerón and her colleagues from publicly discussing the health risks of sugar, under penalty of a $250,000 fine.[/quote] :dewritos: this is 2017 ladies and gentlemen. it only goes downhill from here.

This is actually because in many developed nations, soda sales are actually slumping. There was a big how-de-do over the Philadelphia Soda Tax, but soda sales at all levels have been in steep decline bar-none. This is still intimidation but this is mainly because developing worlds still buy soda in vast quantities due to either lack of infrastructure giving clean water or even no-infrastructure for water.

[QUOTE=SunsetTable;53012690]Philadelphia Soda Tax[/QUOTE] All this did was jack up prices for non-water, like the milk in the vending machines at work. [editline]29th December 2017[/editline] (read:not soda)

[QUOTE=Sableye;53012680]K see this is proof the dystopia is upon us already when even soda is being used to affect political change[/QUOTE] Reminder that at one point Pepsi was the 6th strongest military power in the world because the USSR gave them a bunch of submarines to buy more Pepsi. Imagine if they used their powers for evil.

[QUOTE=lonefirewarrior;53012833]Reminder that at one point Pepsi was the 6th strongest military power in the world because the USSR gave them a bunch of submarines to buy more Pepsi. Imagine if they used their powers for evil.[/QUOTE] [t]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DlrGjikQvlY/hqdefault.jpg[/t][t]https://www.petagadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/X-Prodcuts-Can-Cannon-01-670x446.jpg[/t] lmao you don't even know dude

[QUOTE=J!NX;53012848][t]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DlrGjikQvlY/hqdefault.jpg[/t][t]https://www.petagadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/X-Prodcuts-Can-Cannon-01-670x446.jpg[/t] lmao you don't even know dude[/QUOTE] We need to enact policies restricting civilian use of high-capacity Dr Peppers, stat. They're a menace to society's health. Think of the childhood obesity!

[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;53012853]We need to enact policies restricting civilian use of high-capacity Dr Peppers, stat. They're a menace to society's health. Think of the childhood obesity![/QUOTE] Typical Vegancratic argument. Sodapublicans know the truth because they are logical and honest people who aren't corrupted by the Health industry! Caustic Kiwi took in millions in bribes yet I get the blame for the foodconomy after they ruined it! Fake news! We still haven't seen their birth certificate proving they weren't born in the Banana republic!

[QUOTE=Sableye;53012680]K see this is proof the dystopia is upon us already when even soda is being used to affect political change[/QUOTE] Nothing really new, you know [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgydTdThoeA[/media]

[QUOTE=milktree;53012681]:dewritos: this is 2017 ladies and gentlemen. it only goes downhill from here.[/QUOTE] This has been going on for a very long time though. Banana republics aren't the only corporate powers to take hold of South America.

Cerón is doing something really good for the rest of the population. Sodas are unhealthy no matter how you look at them (even if they try to push the Zero-Light alternatives of said beverages). Maybe a price decrease or better infrastructure of the water supply could help her cause, but that needs an overwhelming amount of funds.