Mexico wants to tax surgary drinks in a bid to fight obesity The Mexican government wants to tax sugary drinks to curb Mexico’s obesity epidemic. President Pena Nieto wants Mexicans to pay an extra peso (almost 8 US cents) for every liter of sweetened drink in a country that guzzles more soft drinks than any other and rivals the United States as one of the world's most obese nations. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.