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The following is an editorial. It's an opinion

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piece only. The regular Joe Cube public may believe

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anything he hears and sees, but not here at Two

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Douchebags Microphone. Here at Two Douchebags

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Microphone, we question everything. That's why

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we have a little segment we'd like to call, I

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Call Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit.

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And our way from San Cristobal. The indigenous

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town of San Andres, locals consider the fizzy

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beverage liquid gold. Shamans will use it as

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part of their religious ceremonies and regularly

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pray over bottles of Coca -Cola as they carry

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out rituals. Fridges stocked with bottles of

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Coke sit next to their sacred shrines, ready

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to sell to faithful locals and use them as offerings,

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as many believe the drink has healing powers.

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But religion is not the only reason for the state's

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dependency on Coca -Cola, and behind the ritual

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lies a dark reality. With the growing population,

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safe drinking water has become increasingly scarce

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in the area. With some neighborhoods only having

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access to running water a few times a week, just

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7 % of households in Chippewas believe their

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water is safe to drink. According to the 2023

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National Survey, force a man to buy bottled water

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or fizzy drink, which is just as cheap. A local

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plant owned by FESMA, a food and drink conglomerate

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that owns the rights to bottle and sell Coca

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-Cola in Latin America, is allowed to extract

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more than 1 .3 million liters of water a day

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as part of a concession with the federal government,

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all while local communities struggle to find

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safe drinking water. I call bullshit on the Mexican

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government, the government of Chipas, and Coca

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-Cola. I think it's clear that the gleaned water

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has been confiscated and sold back as Coca -Cola.

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forcing these people into lives of obesity and

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diabetes. Oh, this is my opinion? There you go.

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I call bullshit.