How Mexico City is saving the tiendas from OXXO

In most parts of the world, but most evident in the so-called "Third World," unequal commercial competition is a pervading problem which has slowly crept into our societies. To put it plainly, large corporations have created similar-appearing stores of all kinds which have severely affected small independent businesses. This has led to the closure of many small businesses, thus creating unemployment for a large population of ill-prepared individuals whose activities were centered within the confines of these small non-technologically oriented businesses.

This is an unfair and unacceptable social situation, which needs to be corrected.

The "government . . .