How one of the most obese countries on earth took on the soda giants

Almost a year after Mexico introduced a tax on sugary drinks, other countries look to Mexico to see the effects of the law, and several have already followed suit (including Chile and Barbados).
The road to a tax on soda was long and winding. A fight between the soda companies and the government headed by President Enrique Peña Nieto, which still goes on today. Here’s an interesting – and very long – article on it:
The Guardian: How One of the Most Obese Countries on Earth Took On the Soda Giants
Earlier
Mexican Sugary Drinks Tax Remains
ad. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tbzNh618tU
Mexico, like most places, has a lot to figure out yet. A typical pozol recipe (without the sweeteners commonly added these days) is about 13 grams net carb, a significant fraction of the whole meal budget on many LCHF diets. Corn, of course, presents other issues as well, including the suspect zein protein, pesticide uptake (assured with glyphosate-resistant GMO corn) or perhaps being a pesticide (Bt GMO corn), and either are likely gut biome antagonists (which has a huge obesity connection).
Traditional Mexican food is further likely to include a lot more corn, and wheat, and they also need go back to using lard, and ditch the modern PUFA industrial grain and seed oils for cooking.
If they think they have it under control with a sugar tax, they are mistaken.
Will we be paying new taxes to keep sugar corporations afloat? I suspect yes is the answer.