The same news the previous post, dedicated to Syngenta, was also given by the International Herald Tribune. Here is the entire article, given his character documentariale
Two people were killed or are during a gun battle: the activists have been addressed by men armed when the first invaded a farm owned by the Swiss has been a flashpoint in the debate over biotech crops, the concessions and the society. A security guard and an activist were killed by rounds of gunfire Sunday at the farm owned by Syngenta AG, a multinational company with an overriding interest on genetically modified seeds. Agencia Brasil news agency said four activists were injured and as many security guards. The details on the clash were still unclear, but the state government of Parana said seven guards were arrested, assuming possible charges of murder. As was explained by the state government, the police the following Monday it was still off-farm to prevent further violence, while, as stated by the Movement of Landless Workers (MST), the activists-including members of 'MST and Via Campesina, the group had fired the fireworks when they enter the farm, and later a bus arrived with armed people.
It would be awarded a shootout, though, the spokesman said the company Medard Schoenmaeckers-Swiss Syngenta's contract with its security company required the guards to be unarmed. This has described the episode as "a very dramatic and violent confrontation, from which we realized that there were some deadly injuries." While the Brazilian national government supports the use of GM seeds for some crops, Parana's state government recently outlawed GM corn and has tried repeatedly to stop the farming of Syngenta. The spokesman of the Movement of Landless Workers, Maria Mello said that the invasion of Syngenta was part of an offensive strike "multinationals in the agribusiness sector whose presence in Brazil away in time the swift implementation of agrarian reform ". The group intends to also "put an end to the harmful effects of genetically modified products and increasing their presence in Brazil," said Mello.
group sentierra, a consolidated political force in Brazil, uses the invasion of private property to pressure the government to distribute land to the poor. Via Campesina claims to represent the rural poor and indigenous communities in 56 nations. About 300 activists had invaded the first time the farm in March 2006, breaking down the gates and plants tend to advertise their message, according to which the research carried out there on soybean and GM maize is illegal. They remained in place until July, when Syngenta won a court order to expel them. "The company Schoenmackers-said-he has never done anything wrong or illegal in Brazil", and is still pending a decision on the future of the farm. He added that there were employees of Syngenta when the collision occurred.
Syngenta was created in 2000 when Novartis AG and AstraZeneca PLC merged their agribusiness. The company's website says that 60% of corn and soybeans has grown from their gene-modified traits.
The clash at the Syngenta farm took place just days following a rail blockade imposed by at least 1,000 activists of the MST, a question that is used to export iron ore from a large mining complex. The blockade forced the Companhia Vale do Rio Doca SA to abandon ship loads up to about 250,000 tons of iron ore from the Amazon to the Atlantic ports, from where it would have been shipped throughout the world. The activists blocked rail removed after the federal authorities have agreed to meet this week to discuss their demands, ranging from a more rapid land reform public works.
(Source: International Herald Tribune - from Associated Press)
