Two items in the Vallarta Tribune caught my attention last week. Minimum wage for employees in this area was increased by 3.9 percent at the beginning of the year. That means in increase to 67.29 pesos ($5.62) PER DAY!!
The other item concerned an appeal by Monsanto and SEMARNAT (Mexico's Environment and Natural Resources Ministry) to overturn a September court ruling that banned the planting of GM maize in Mexico. A Mexican judge threw out the appeal!! Bravo!!
This decision states "that even if a new court case is filed on this subject by Monsanto and its government supporters, the suspension shall remain in effect until the appeals court has made a final ruling". The Mexican Federal government had allowed trial crops of GM maize to be planted in Mexico since 2009.
Father Miguel Concha, leader of the movement to ban GM maize planting, emphasized that "the government is obliged to protect the human rights of Mexicans against the economic interests of big business".
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