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This article analyzes the peculiarities of neo-extractivism in Paraguay and its effects on the reconfiguration of class structure, specifically the uprooting of peasants without proletarianization, which can lead to scenarios of conflict. This project is based on secondary data from the last years (2001-2016) when the departure of overaccumulation required there to be a movement of capital in order to search for new spaces to exploit natural resources. Since then, transgenic soy in Paraguay has continued to expand, making Paraguay the country with the most transgenics in the world in terms of the proportion of surface area that is used for these types of crops. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Where their fluorescence was identified with UV light and the same group of primers used to identify red fluorescence zebrafish (Danio rerio) together with negative controls of the zebrafish without the RFP transgene and the transgenic Medaka (Oryzias latipes) fish were amplified by PCR a GFP transgene that they did not amplify. However, both the white and black skirt tetra fish without the RFP transgene and the fluorescent red transgenic skirt tetra fish with RFP did not amplify any bands. A new variant of the red fluorescent protein gene used to obtain red fluorescent skirt tetra fish other than the one used to generate transgenic zebrafish fluorescens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recently, the Congress Chamber in Chile has approved the legal procedure for the law of protection of new varieties of plants, colloquially named Monsanto Law. The rights of plant breeders are a system of intellectual property for specific protection of new varieties of plants. For a variety to be protected, it must be new, different, uniform and stable. The rights of breeders are ruled under the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). Chile has adhered to UPOV act 1978 in 1996 and has been implemented by the law of New Plant Varieties Breeders N° 19.342 of 1994. Nevertheless, Chile signed a free-trade agreement with the United States since January 1, 2004 compromising to incorporate UPOV 1991. This legal initiative has caused some fear in Chilean civil society and the political world. Great are also the ethical edges around this initiative, since the normative will privatize the seeds and concentrates the property in a few companies, assuming economic interests by Monsanto multinational. Furthermore, the project law would be violating the agreement 169 by the International Work Organization (IWO) about biodiversity. On the other hand, there is no adequate registry for "plant genetic" resources in Chile. Referring to ethical discussion, we can point put that this normative do not consider reflections about the principles of precaution, solidarity, responsibility and sustainability with the environment. Furthermore, an adequate legislation about transgenic organisms may without doubt help to progress with equity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Consumer attitudes towards genetically modified food (GMF) are conditioned by the degree of knowledge about them and the information received. The aim of this study is to know the type of information consumers have about GMF and to know whether such information is enough at the time of choosing to consume it or not. The methodology used has been quantitative by descriptive analysis and comparing variables within data. Results obtained show that media is the main source of information, but it only shows a biased view about this type of food. It is urgent to imply all stakeholders to give truthful and complete information, considering all points of view about the topic, with the aim to help the consumer to decide freely about consuming it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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