by GM WATCH
NOTE: Below is an article on how how Silvio Berlusconi derailed an anti-GM crop ban at the behest of the U.S. We only know about what happened thanks to Wikileaks.
Despite the repeated efforts of some in the mainstream media to downplay the significance of the Wikileaks’ cables, they have been revelatory in the GM arena, often leading to front page articles in the national newpapers of the countries concerned.
This is because they’ve disclosed the extraordinarily intense U.S. diplomatic pressure being applied right around the world to stop governments representing the interests of their citizens on this issue.
Here are some other examples:
U.S. Embassies used Romania as Trojan horse to force GMOs into Europe – Wikileaks
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/13040
U.S. main force behind Kenya’s Biosafety Act
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12961
State Dept. wants intel on African acceptance of GMOs
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12706
WikiLeaks: U.S. targets EU over GM crops
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12775
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12750
Spain a key ally of pro-GMO America
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12744
Leaked cables reveal GMO, agrofuel agendas
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12711
U.S. cables illustrate how the U.S. tried to sway the Vatican
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/12783
There are also many cables about GM in other parts of the world, e.g. Costa Rica, Brazil, Pakistan, India… Why not do your own research? Just type keywords ‘genetic’ ‘biotechnology’ ‘gmo’ here http://cablesearch.org/
GM emerges clearly from the U.S. cables as a key US strategic interest: part of its primary foreign policy agenda along with issues like Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Middle East, Darfur, etc.
Thanks to MADGEAustralia for pointers on Wikileaks.
Read the rest of the article here: http://gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/13046-wikileaks-gm-revelations-just-keep-mounting