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Bush Plans Mean Monoculture,
Says Ortega
Nicaraguan
president Daniel Ortega warned
that plans by US President
George W. Bush to produce
ethanol in Latin America will
only bring back monoculture to
the region.
"What he came here to say that
everybody must grow sugar cane
is complete madness because we
have to grow beans, corn, sugar
cane and vegetables to diversify
crops," said Ortega referring to
the US president's recent Latin
American tour.
In Ortega's opinion, the US
"wants us to turn our fields
into monocultures of sugar cane
and corn to produce ethanol for
their vehicles."
The Sandinista leader made his
remarks this weekend while
attending to a flag handover
ceremony with the karate team
that will take part in the
Central American, Caribbean
tournament to be held in Managua
this week.
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