In order to expose, monitor, oversee, and report on the detrimental practices and interference strategies of the food industry in Latin America and the Caribbean, Power of the Consumer and the Latin American and Caribbean Community of Nutrition and Health (COLANSA in Spanihs) present Monitoring the Food Industry (VIA in Spanish), an innovative collaborative and open-access platform for civil society, academia, students, activists, and the media.

VIA emerges as a crucial tool to highlight and denounce the interference of the food industry in public policies, communication, scientific research, and other areas that directly impact the right to healthy food. Through rigorous documentation, analysis, and denunciation, VIA aims to enhance citizen oversight and accountability. Commercial entities employ a sophisticated and integrated machinery of strategies. These strategies are designed to protect and promote commercial interests, often at the expense of public health, the environment, democracy, and human rights, a phenomenon known as Corporate Political Activity.