Argentine Social Movements Strike Back Against Monsanto
Argentine Social Movements Strike Back Against Monsanto
Saturday, 30 January 2016 00:00
By Darío Aranda and Translated by Nancy Piñeiro, teleSUR | Op-Ed
The world's largest GMO corporation never imagined that it would suffer one of its major setbacks in a small, rural town in central Argentina.
Popular opposition, irregularities in the company's environmental impact assessment, a protest blockade at the entry gate, and a court ruling stalled the construction of its seeds plant three years ago.
The most recent blow to the corporation occurred when it made a new attempt to enter the site in the municipality of Malvinas Argentinas, in the province of Cordoba. Protesters received an eviction notice, but local socio-environmental assemblies mobilized to strengthen the blockade, and a prosecutor suspended the order.
On Jan. 8 simultaneous marches were held in different cities across Argentina. The demand was one and the same: "Monsanto, get out of Latin America!"
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