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Monsanto Rejected in Río Cuarto, Argentina
Mayor Juan Jure of Río Cuarto, Argentina has rejected the installation of a new Monsanto plant in his city. Similar plans to those underway in Malvinas were in the works for Río Cuarto but local resistance from neighbors and opposition groups have helped stop the plans dead in their tracks.
Asamblea por un Río Cuarto Sin Agrotóxicos along with other neighbors and social organizations played a decisive role in the decision of the municipality. Collective participation in opposition efforts to install a new Monsanto plant helped unmask that Monsanto was building its new plant in Río Cuarto under the name of local company Foc Seed. Foc Seed complained to the municipality of the illegality of the construction and the invalidity presented in the environmental impact study. Mayor Jure announced his decision is final and irrevocable.
Asamblea por un Río Cuarto Sin Agrotóxicos stated, “We consider that the policy decision of the Mayor was one that should be taken since the mode in which Monsanto sought to do business engaged in gross illegality, ignoring and violating fundamental provincial and national laws.”
Mayor Jure acknowledged his decision was influenced by meetings he held with various organizations and institutions in Río Cuarto and mentioned the resolution issued by the Council de la Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto last year. He also based the rejection on what is happening in other places, in reference to the camp in Malvinas which is now in place for two months.
Asamblea por un Río Cuarto Sin Agrotóxicos considers this “a fundamental precedent to support and reinforce the struggle that is being developed in Malvinas, Argentina. With the NO to Monsanto in Río Cuarto, NO to Monsanto in Malvinas must be inexorable.”
From http://revolution-news.com/monsanto-rejected-rio-cuarto-argentina/
Asamblea por un Río Cuarto Sin Agrotóxicos along with other neighbors and social organizations played a decisive role in the decision of the municipality. Collective participation in opposition efforts to install a new Monsanto plant helped unmask that Monsanto was building its new plant in Río Cuarto under the name of local company Foc Seed. Foc Seed complained to the municipality of the illegality of the construction and the invalidity presented in the environmental impact study. Mayor Jure announced his decision is final and irrevocable.
Asamblea por un Río Cuarto Sin Agrotóxicos stated, “We consider that the policy decision of the Mayor was one that should be taken since the mode in which Monsanto sought to do business engaged in gross illegality, ignoring and violating fundamental provincial and national laws.”
Mayor Jure acknowledged his decision was influenced by meetings he held with various organizations and institutions in Río Cuarto and mentioned the resolution issued by the Council de la Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto last year. He also based the rejection on what is happening in other places, in reference to the camp in Malvinas which is now in place for two months.
Asamblea por un Río Cuarto Sin Agrotóxicos considers this “a fundamental precedent to support and reinforce the struggle that is being developed in Malvinas, Argentina. With the NO to Monsanto in Río Cuarto, NO to Monsanto in Malvinas must be inexorable.”
Meanwhile in Malvinas:
Monsanto Protester Sofia Gatica Attacked
Two men attacked Sofia Gatica in district Acosta, Córdoba today, a few meters away from where she works. Just 72 hours after environmental activist Sofia Gatica received a terrifying death threat, she continues in fear for her life.
“They didn’t speak. One jumped on top of me and they kicked and beat me. I screamed loudly and the neighbors came out to help me.”
Sofia has been spearheading a blockade against construction on a new Monsanto plant in Malvinas, Argentina. The blockade is in place 66 days and will remain indefintely. It appears Monsanto has taken notice of the disruption.
The assailants did not steal anything and they took off on motorcycle shortly after the attack. Sofia filed a complaint this afternoon with local police. The identities of the attackers today as well as the man who threatened Sofia earlier this week are still unknown but it seems obvious who sent them.
“I didn’t want to have guards watching over me” Sofia told Canal 10 of Cordoba. “I just want the people of Monsanto to leave me in peace.”
Despite the threats on her life and attacks Gatica refuses to leave the Malvinas campsite and will continue to protest the new Monsanto plant construction in Argentina. There is now an armed guard stationed on her property.
From: http://revolution-news.com/monsanto-protester-sofia-gatica-attacked/
“They didn’t speak. One jumped on top of me and they kicked and beat me. I screamed loudly and the neighbors came out to help me.”
Sofia has been spearheading a blockade against construction on a new Monsanto plant in Malvinas, Argentina. The blockade is in place 66 days and will remain indefintely. It appears Monsanto has taken notice of the disruption.
The assailants did not steal anything and they took off on motorcycle shortly after the attack. Sofia filed a complaint this afternoon with local police. The identities of the attackers today as well as the man who threatened Sofia earlier this week are still unknown but it seems obvious who sent them.
“I didn’t want to have guards watching over me” Sofia told Canal 10 of Cordoba. “I just want the people of Monsanto to leave me in peace.”
Despite the threats on her life and attacks Gatica refuses to leave the Malvinas campsite and will continue to protest the new Monsanto plant construction in Argentina. There is now an armed guard stationed on her property.
More on the Blockade: Blockade Against Monsanto in Malvinas, Argentina. http://revolution-news.com/blockade-against-monsanto-in-malvinas-argentina/
