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“The Minister of Agriculture Doesn’t Know Anything about Transgenics,” Legislator Claudio Monge Pereira

By Wilberth Villalobos Castrillo

Indignant and upset, Claudio Monge Pereira, legislator of the Citizen Action Party, declared that Gloria Abraham, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, doesn’t know about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

Monge made the statement after the appearance of Abraham before the Environmental Commission of the Legislative Assembly on February 21. Members of the Biosafety Commission were present.

According to Monge, the Minister “arrived with five “yes men” who are in favor of transgenics.’”

The legislator also indicated that the Minister lied, since she assured that she had convened all of the members of the Biosecurity Commission, but only five attended the meeting on February 21, those who are in favor of transgenics.

“I took it upon myself to call one by one the members that didn’t attend the meeting and several told me that no one had advised them of anything and that they weren’t up to speed,” indicated Monge.

This was one of the motives for which the legislator presented a motion to convene all of the Biosafety Commission. This motion was approved.

VON tried to get the version of the Minister Gloria Abraham but after multiple calls to her office, it wasn’t possible to reach her.

The next session of the Environmental Commission with the Biosafety Commission will be on March 7.

More Regional News

Legislators Ask for Orozco’s Resignation as President of Human Rights Commission

Indignant and upset, Claudio Monge Pereira, legislator of the Citizen Action Party, declared that Gloria Abraham, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, doesn’t know about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

President of CR’s Commission on Human Rights proposes doctor visits to “cure gays”

The president of Costa Rica’s Commission on Human Rights, Justo Orozco, wants the Spanish doctor Jokin de Irala to present his “homosexuality as a disorder” ideas with Congress.

New Foundation Looks to Install Security Cameras in Nicoya, Samara and Nosara

The new nonprofit Fundacion Para la Seguridad Integral de Nicoya (Foundation for the Integral Security of Nicoya), which was registered in December 2012, has the goal of raising funds to install security cameras strategically placed around Nicoya canton.

The Earthquake Continues for Affected Families

“It was the only house I’ve had,” lamented Maritza Villareal, resident of Nosara. “I just hope to rebuild it in a better place because we don’t want to live in this little shack with four people. I want to give my kids a better life. We need help and all that we hear from the government is no, no, no,” she explained.

Earthquake Damages Won’t Stop Students From Going Back to School

Due to the serious damages to educational centers caused by the earthquake on September 5th, many students ended 2012 with classes being held in alternate sites and the new semester, which starts on February 6, will begin and end the same way for at least 19 school grounds in the region of Nicoya, where students will receive classes in shared classrooms, halls, churches and rented buildings.

Pictures and News of the Month

The Voice of Nosara brings you a brief recap of January stories you might have missed.

New Director Found Nicoya’s Hospital Functioning at 60%

The new director of the La Anexion Hospital of Nicoya, Dr. Jorge Fonseca Renault, conversed in depth with VON a month after taking the reins of the main medical campus of the peninsula, after the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) intervened in December due to serious management deficiencies.