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Left Coast2020

(2,397 posts) Sun Jun 17, 2012, 06:48 PM Jun 2012

Monsanto loses $2Billion judgement!!! [View all]

Five million Brazilian farmers have taken on US based biotech company Monsanto through a lawsuit demanding return of about 6.2 billion euros taken as royalties from them. The farmers are claiming that the powerful company has unfairly extracted these royalties from poor farmers because they were using seeds produced from crops grown from Monsanto’s genetically engineered seeds, reports Merco Press

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/445-farm-and-food-policy/11961-monsanto-loses-2-billion-judgement-to-brazilian-farmers

I'll just take a crazy guess here and say Monsanto probably won't pay up.

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Monsanto loses $2Billion judgement!!! [View all] Left Coast2020 Jun 2012 OP

Uh oh! Time for another Latin American coup! Scootaloo Jun 2012 #1

Not in Brazil they won't. Which is why this important. They can't knock over Brazil. harun Jun 2012 #9

Brasil is pretty much untouchable especially with Obama have stretched the military byeya Jun 2012 #10

We've done it before. Scootaloo Jun 2012 #13

Five million Brazilian farmers? htuttle Jun 2012 #2

how many is 5 million brazillion? Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #3

i am no math wizard but i think it is: chknltl Jun 2012 #8

What about the godzillions of Japanese farmers? Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #11

As long as they have their green cards i welcome them. chknltl Jun 2012 #16

Wasn't Monsanto A cash cow....... Grassy Knoll Jun 2012 #4

oh TheFarseer Jun 2012 #5

Money Money Money cbrer Jun 2012 #6

Oh, I'm sure they'll pay right after the US Media gets all over this story.... The Doctor. Jun 2012 #7

Yes, the U.S. Pravda will be all over it. valerief Jun 2012 #15

Monsanto has a private army railsback Jun 2012 #12

Isn't GM building a shitload of cars in and for Brazil? Wouldn't want to mess that up. nt valerief Jun 2012 #14