Americas Program Special Report
Latin America: The Downside of the GM Revolution
Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero | December 3, 2007
Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)
<http://americas.irc-online.org/am/4786>
<http://americas.irc-online.org/pdf/reports/0712downside.pdf>
As genetically modified soybeans take over vast tracts in South America
and reports flow in of genetic contamination of local corn in
Mesoamerica, grassroots resistance to biotech crops has also grown. The
protests form part of people’s movements across the hemisphere that tie
together a rejection of neoliberalism and agribusiness, and call for
land reform, food sovereignty, and sustainable agriculture.