Wikicables evidencian componendas PRO-TRANSGÉNICOS PLANETARIAS
Monsanto GMO conspiracy
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In 2007, then-US ambassador to France Craig Stapleton was concerned about France’s decision to ban cultivation of genetically modified corn produced by biotech giant Monsanto. He also warned that a new French environmental review standard could spread anti-biotech policy across Europe.
Descubren alianzas entre gobiernos a favor de los transgénicos.
Los cables de Wikileaks también han puesto en evidencia las coaliciones entre representantes de la industria biotecnológica y la clase política de los gobiernos más influyentes del planeta.
Intereses privados por encima del bien colectivo.
Wikileaks: EE.UU. apunta a la Unión Europea EU con los transgénicos.Cable de la embajada de EE.UU. recomienda la elaboración de la lista de países que merecen 'represalia' por su oposición a los transgénicos (organismos con modificación genética)
por John Vidal, editor de medio ambiente
La embajada de EE.UU. en París recomendó a Washington iniciar una guerra comercial de estilo militar contra cualquier país de la Unión Europea que se opusiera a los organismos genéticamente modificados (GM), revelaron cables WikiLeaks.
En respuesta a las acciones de Francia para prohibir una variedad de maíz transgénico de Monsanto a finales de 2007, el embajador, Craig Stapleton, un amigo y socio del ex presidente de EE.UU., George Bush, pidió a Washington sancionar a la UE y en particular a los países que no apoyan el uso de los cultivos transgénicos.
Recomienda calibrar una lista de países objetivo de represalia que cause un poco de dolor en toda la UE ya que esta es una responsabilidad colectiva, pero que se centre en los más culpables.
"La lista debe medir los más rebeldes y debe ser sostenible en el largo plazo, ya que no debemos esperar una pronta victoria. Las represalias deben dejar claro que el camino actual de resistencia a los transgénicos tiene un costo real para los intereses de la UE y podría ayudar a fortalecer las voces europeas en pro de la biotecnología ", dijo Stapleton. En otros cables recién liberados, se evidencia que diplomáticos de EE.UU. en todo el mundo, impulsan los cultivos transgénicos como un imperativo del gobierno y como un imperativo del comercio de EEUU.
A finales del 2010 se reveló el contenido de las conversaciones entre la embajada de Estados Unidos y el gobierno español. En las comunicaciones se pedía a Estados Unidos que presionara al estado Belga a que aceptara los transgénicos. Asimismo, las relaciones entre la diplomacia estadounidense y Monsanto, empresa proveedora de productos para la agricultura, quedaron al descubierto.
En la información difundida se puede notar la preocupación de ambos gobiernos por la desaprobación que diferentes países europeos mostraban a los organismos modificados genéticamente (OMG); Alemania, Francia, Austria, Grecia, Luxemburgo y Hungría están a favor de reducir la producción de transgénicos. Cataluña luchó contra los OMG, con el impulso de una Iniciativa Legislativa Popular que fue presentada en el Parlamento de Cataluña. Exigía una investigación sobre los efectos sanitarios de los transgénicos, un etiquetado sincero del proceso de producción y la declaración de Cataluña como zona libre de transgénicos, pero la iniciativa no prosperó.
WikiLeaks Cables: U.S. Sought to Retaliate Against Europe over Refusing to Allow Monsanto GM Crops
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By Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, via AlterNet.org,
December 28, 2010—JUAN GONZALEZ:
U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal the Bush administration drew up ways to retaliate against Europe for refusing to use genetically modified seeds. In 2007, then-US ambassador to France Craig Stapleton was concerned about France’s decision to ban cultivation of genetically modified corn produced by biotech giant Monsanto. He also warned that a new French environmental review standard could spread anti-biotech policy across Europe.
In the leaked cable, Stapleton writes, “Europe is moving backwards not forwards on this issue with France playing a leading role, along with Austria, Italy and even the [European] Commission…Moving to retaliation will make clear that the current path has real costs to EU interests and could help strengthen European pro-biotech voice.”
AMY GOODMAN: Ambassador Stapleton goes on to write, “Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility, but that also focuses in part on the worst culprits. The list should be measured rather than vicious and must be sustainable over the long term, since we should not expect an early victory,” he wrote.
Well, for more, we’re going to Iowa City to speak with Jeffrey Smith, executive director of the Institute for Responsible Technology, author of two books, Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You’re Eating and the book Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods.
Jeffrey Smith, talk about the significance of these documents leaked by WikiLeaks.
JEFFREY SMITH: Well, we’ve been saying for years that the United States government is joined at the hip with Monsanto and pushing GMOs as part of Monsanto’s agenda on the rest of the world. This lays bare the mechanics of that effort. We have Craig Stapleton, the former ambassador to France, specifically asking the U.S. government to retaliate and cause some harm throughout the European Union. And then, two years later, in 2009, we have a cable from the ambassador to Spain from the United States asking for intervention there, asking the government to help formulate a biotech strategy and support the government—members of the government in Spain that want to promote GMOs, as well. And here, they specifically indicate that they sat with the director of Monsanto for the region and got briefed by him about the politics of the region and created strategies with him to promote the GMO agenda.
JUAN GONZALEZ: Now, they apparently were especially interested in one Monsanto product, MON 810. Could you talk about that?
JEFFREY SMITH: Yes. This is the first seed that was approved for widespread planting. You see, the biotech industry was concerned initially about the European Union accepting genetically modified foods. Although that had been approved for years by the commission, the food industry had rejected it because consumers were concerned. And so, there hasn’t been a lot of food going to the European Union that’s genetically modified.
However, they had planned to allow the growing of genetically modified seeds. Now that MON 810 has been allowed, individual countries have stepped forward to ban in. And so, in 2007, they were concerned about that, and so they were trying to create a strategy to force these countries to accept the first of the genetically modified seeds. Since then, there’s been more evidence showing that this genetically modified corn damages mice and rats, etc., can cause reductions of fertility, smaller litter sizes, smaller offspring, immune responses, etc. And these have gone largely ignored by both the European Food Safety Authority and the United States FDA.
AMY GOODMAN: Talk about these health effects. Jeffrey Smith, you wrote a fascinating “Anniversary of a Whistleblowing Hero” piece about a British scientist and about the repercussions he suffered. He was one of the biggest GMO advocates. And explain what happened and what he actually learned.
JEFFREY SMITH: Well, Dr. Arpad Pusztai was actually working on a $3 million grant from the U.K. government to figure out how to test for the safety of GMOs. And what he discovered quite accidentally is that genetically modified organisms are inherently unsafe. Within 10 days, his supposedly harmless GMO potatoes caused massive damage to rats—smaller brains, livers and testicles, partial atrophy of the liver, damaged immune system, etc. And what he discovered was it was the process, the generic process of genetic engineering, that was likely the cause of the problem. He went public with his concerns and was a hero.
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Debido a que muchos obispos católicos en los países en desarrollo se han opuesto vehementemente a los cultivos transgénicos en polémica, los EE.UU. aplican una presión especial a los asesores del Papa.
Los cables de la embajada de EE.UU. en el Vaticano hacen suponer a EE.UU. que el Papa es ampliamente favorable a los cultivos modificados geneticamente, después de la presión sostenida por los altos asesores en la Santa Sede, pero lamenta que aún no haya declarado abiertamente su apoyo.
Los asesores especiales en materia de biotecnología del Departamento de Estado de EE.UU., así como asesores del gobierno de EE.UU en biotecnología con sede en Kenia han hecho lobby para presionar a personajes clave dentro del Vaticano y para persuadir al Papa para que declare su apoyo a los transgénicos. "... "Se reunieron con el monseñor norteamericano P. Michael Osborn del Pontificio Consejo Cor Unum, para que presione al Vaticano en temas de biotecnología", dice un cable en 2008.
"Existen oportunidades para presionar con este asunto en el Vaticano, y a su vez de influir en un amplio segmento de la población en Europa y el mundo en desarrollo", dice otro wikicable.
Sin embargo, en un revés, la embajada de EE.UU. encontró que su aliado más cercano en lo de los transgénicos, el cardenal Renato Martino, jefe del poderoso Consejo Pontificio para la Justicia y la Paz y el hombre que mejor representa al Papa en las Naciones Unidas, había retirado su apoyo a los EE.UU. .
"Un allegado a Martino nos dijo recientemente que el cardenal había cooperado con la embajada en el Vaticano, en lo de la biotecnología, en los últimos dos años, en parte para compensar su desaprobación de la guerra de Irak y sus consecuencias - para así mantener relaciones con el gobierno de los EE.UU. armoniosas. Según nuestra fuente, Martino ya no siente la necesidad de adoptar este enfoque, "dice el cable.
Además, los cables muestran a los diplomáticos de EE.UU. en trabajo directo para las empresas de transgénicos, como Monsanto. "En respuesta a las recientes peticiones urgentes por parte de el ministerio español de asuntos rurales, Josep Puxeu a Monsanto, se renovó el apoyo del gobierno de EE.UU. a la biotecnología agrícola en España, a través de la intervención del gobierno de EE.UU. al más alto nivel ".
También se desprende que España y los EE.UU. han trabajado en estrecha colaboración para persuadir a la UE de no levantar restricciones a la biotecnología en la legislación. En un cable, la embajada en Madrid, escribe: "Si España cae, el resto de Europa seguirá."
Los cables muestran que no sólo el gobierno español pidió a los EE.UU. mantener la presión sobre Bruselas, sino que los EE.UU. sabían de antemano cómo votaría España, incluso antes de que la comisión de biotecnología española emitiera informe.
WikiLeaks: US Targets EU Over GM Crops
US embassy cable recommends drawing up list of countries for 'retaliation' over opposition to genetic modification
by John Vidal, environment editor
The US embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released WikiLeaks cables show.
In response to moves by France to ban a Monsanto GM corn variety in late 2007, the ambassador, Craig Stapleton, a friend and business partner of former US president George Bush, asked Washington to penalise the EU and particularly countries which did not support the use of GM crops.
"Country team Paris recommends that we calibrate a target retaliation list that causes some pain across the EU since this is a collective responsibility, but that also focuses in part on the worst culprits.
"The list should be measured rather than vicious and must be sustainable over the long term, since we should not expect an early victory. Moving to retaliation will make clear that the current path has real costs to EU interests and could help strengthen European pro-biotech voices," said Stapleton, who with Bush co-owned the St Louis-based Texas Rangers baseball team in the 1990s.
In other newly released cables, US diplomats around the world are found to have pushed GM crops as a strategic government and commercial imperative.
Because many Catholic bishops in developing countries have been vehemently opposed to the controversial crops, the US applied particular pressure to the pope's advisers.
Cables from the US embassy in the Vatican show that the US believes the pope is broadly supportive of the crops after sustained lobbying of senior Holy See advisers, but regrets that he has not yet stated his support. The US state department special adviser on biotechnology as well as government biotech advisers based in Kenya lobbied Vatican insiders to persuade the pope to declare his backing. "… met with [US monsignor] Fr Michael Osborn of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, offering a chance to push the Vatican on biotech issues, and an opportunity for post to analyse the current state of play on biotech in the Vatican generally," says one cable in 2008.
"Opportunities exist to press the issue with the Vatican, and in turn to influence a wide segment of the population in Europe and the developing world," says another.
But in a setback, the US embassy found that its closest ally on GM, Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the powerful Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the man who mostly represents the pope at the United Nations, had withdrawn his support for the US.
"A Martino deputy told us recently that the cardinal had co-operated with embassy Vatican on biotech over the past two years in part to compensate for his vocal disapproval of the Iraq war and its aftermath – to keep relations with the USG [US government] smooth. According to our source, Martino no longer feels the need to take this approach," says the cable.
In addition, the cables show US diplomats working directly for GM companies such as Monsanto. "In response to recent urgent requests by [Spanish rural affairs ministry] state secretary Josep Puxeu and Monsanto, post requests renewed US government support of Spain's science-based agricultural biotechnology position through high-level US government intervention."
It also emerges that Spain and the US have worked closely together to persuade the EU not to strengthen biotechnology laws. In one cable, the embassy in Madrid writes: "If Spain falls, the rest of Europe will follow."
The cables show that not only did the Spanish government ask the US to keep pressure on Brussels but that the US knew in advance how Spain would vote, even before the Spanish biotech commission had reported.
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