How Coca-Cola Is Killing Mexico

This is San Cristóbal de las Casas - in the south of Mexico. It sounds unbelievable but residents here on average drink more than two liters of soft drinks every day. Especially.... Coca-Cola. Too much sugar is killing more and more residents. Most people do not have access to drinking water. In the middle of the Chiapas region, a place named the land of Springs, where there's lots of rain and big rivers. How can that be? What's happening? In San Cristóbal in the surrounding area street signs suggest a manipulation of indigenous communities. A water guzzling factory symbolizes the exploitation of the region. A war over the basis of all life. And at the heart of it is a mega conglomerate with ties to the highest ranks of Mexican politics. This is your life in weeks. If you're lucky enough to turn 80 years old. And this is the amount of time you spend on your career: 80,000 hours. You probably want to spend all of that time on something meaningful that makes a big positive difference in the world. 80,000 hours is also the name of today's sponsor. A non-profit that wants to help you figure out how to do that. Their 2023 career guide draws on over 10 years of research and gives you concrete practical advice to help you create a full career plan that you feel confident in. They have a website that provides you all that research, a podcast and also a newsletter. They have a job board that provides hundreds of open listings for potential high impact career paths. And all of their advice and research is free - forever! So if you're not sure how to do something with those cubes that feels meaningful, helps others and makes a positive difference - Maybe check out their in-depth career guide at 80000hours.org/fern Life is short. But what you do if you're decreasing time is up to you. The Chiapas region has rivers here and here. And it rains a lot. But still there is almost no clean drinking water for the population. Especially in San Cristóbal. We sent a camera team to the region to get an independent picture and to do an interview with an expert.