Línea Abierta : MEXICO EDITION.




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Summary: MEXICO EDITION. Environmentalists in Oaxaca, Mexico organize to stop commercial planting of genetically engineered corn in Mexico. Some experts say if traditional forms of production are rescued, the whole world's population could be fed, but the GMO industry creates more poverty and hunger. This edition includes interviews with a recognized scientist in the movement to protect native seeds in India, and the director of an organization that has denounced the effects of selling junk food in schools and has proposed alternatives. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts Voz Pública from Mexico City. Guests: Vandana Shiva, Award-winning environmental activist, scientist, philosopher from India, Winner of the Right Livelihood Award 1993, Author of more than 20 books, www.navdanya.org ; Alejandro Calvillo, Director, El Poder del Consumidor, Mexico City, Mexico, www.elpoderdelconsumidor.org