"Mexicans are being forced to swallow the destruction of our number
one food source [corn], and the health and environment of the people who
depend on it, because governments around the world stand back and allow
the US to force their trade and biotechnology corporations’ interests
on other countries." Lisa Covantes, Mexico Greenpeace, part of a
group of activists blockading a shipment of US corn entering Mexico August
18, 2003
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