Climbers from Mexico, Argentina,
Brazil and Australia from the Greenpeace ship MV Arctic Sunrise,
sustained a daylong protest on the anchor chain of the Alta Mira,
which contained a 40,000 ton shipment of U.S. genetically
contaminated corn destined for the port of Veracruz, the largest
port in Mexico.
The Captain of the Alta Mira said: “I have received instructions
to leave the Veracruz anchorage and proceed back to the U.S.”
“Clearly, the captain and whoever instructed him to turn the
ship around made a very profound and worthwhile decision,” said
Doreen Stabinsky, Greenpeace USA campaigner on board the Greenpeace
ship. “Greenpeace today enforced the Biosafety Protocol by turning
back this ship. From now on, it is the Mexican government’s
responsibility to return every single shipment containing GE
contaminated corn from entering this country.”
“While the WTO meets in Cancun and tries to use trade rules to
override international environmental agreements, every day that GE
contaminated corn stays out of Mexico is a good one,” said
Stabinsky.
