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Weekly Report - 7 September 2004
MEXICO: Approval of GM food crops challenged by Greenpeace
Environmentalists are mounting a campaign to force the health ministry to reveal what tests were conducted on genetically modified food crops that were declared fit for human consumption before Mexico's adoption, in December last year, of standard procedures for this. Greenpeace has been airing its suspicion that the ministry has simply accepted as valid the tests conducted by the companies marketing these products.
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- ARGENTINA: New claim of plot to unseat Kirchner
- BRAZIL: Lula labour ally floats 'national pact' proposal
- URUGUAY: Left seen as likely to be 'serious capitalists'
- Tracking trends
- BOLIVIA: Major realignments as Morales takes to the streets
- COLOMBIA: Displacement soars as conflict changes shape
- ECUADOR: Bucaram meets Gutiérrez, claims deal
- Tracking trends
- MEXICO: Turmoil beyond the virtual tie in Veracruz
- MEXICO: Approval of GM food crops challenged by Greenpeace
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- HAITI: Blue Helmets tested as ex-soldiers flex muscles
- EL SALVADOR: Saca's anticrime plan bets on specialisation
- NICARAGUA: Donors back Bolaños in row with judiciary
- Tracking trends
- Exchange rates
- Inflation in the region
- The stockmarket in figures
- US court convicts killer of Archbishop Romero
- Quotes of the week