Resumo

GONZALEZ MERINO, Arcelia  e  AVILA CASTANEDA, José Francisco. El maíz en Estados Unidos y en México: Hegemonía en la producción de un cultivo. Argumentos (Méx.) [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.75, pp.215-237. ISSN 0187-5795.

The objective of this paper focuses on analyzes the transgenic maize impact from United States to Mexico. This study is very important because of the possible liberation to commercial proposal. United States is the most important maize producer and exporter in the world. Besides, it is the first place in the transgenic crops. Mexico is one of the main maize consumer countries in the world, because maize is the principal crop and meal. It is very important this analysis in social terms because of the possible of the commercial liberation of this crop.

Palavras-chave : maiz; transgenic crops; hegemony; NAFTA; power.