Protests Continue as President Bush Tours Central and South America

Activists staged a mock "wedding" between Presidents Bush and Calderon, including the throwing of an abundance of genetically modified rice at the couple.   We are demanding that the Mexican government suspend the import of genetically contaminated rice, and instead shift agricultural policies towards strengthening domestic rice production and food security. 

"We call on President Calderon to use this meeting with President Bush tomorrow to make clear that the commercial relationship between Mexico and the U.S. should not imply that Mexico will silently accept the genetically modified food that is rejected by other countries," said Gustavo Ampugnani, anti-genetic engineering campaigner with Greenpeace Mexico.  "Mexico is not the dumping ground for the U.S. genetic engineering experiment, and the relationship Mexico has with the U.S. should not be one of submission, nor one that allows GMO products that other nations are rejecting into our country." Find out more about the contamination.

Just days ago, supporters held a demonstration in Sao Paulo as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met with President Bush to discuss biofuels and ethanol. Find out more