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The Permanent Forum for Life Dignity / Food Sovereignty Group, and the Grupo de Reflexión Rural, along with unions, student and teachers associations and many social organizations and political forces, convoke national and international journalists, social organizations, friends, colleagues and the general public to a Press Conference on June 10 2011 in Viedma, Rio Negro Province, Argentina.

El debate por el convenio con una empresa china para facilitarle el cultivo y explotación de soja en grandes extensiones de Río Negro llegó a las páginas del prestigioso diario inglés 'The Guardian'.

En el marco de la resistencia impulsada por las Asambleas Multisectoriales que tienen lugar en distintos puntos de la provincia, CONVOCAMOS AL PUEBLO RIONEGRINO, único protagonista capaz de pararle la mano al saqueo y entrega de nuestro patrimonio, a generar conciencia, organización y movilización para hacer frente a este megaproyecto sojero.

Environmentalists in Río Negro say the Chinese arrival will mean heavy use of agrochemicals, ecological degradation and severe strain on the region's water resources. Some of the land in question is virgin forest that would be deforested.

The chairman of New Zealand's largest dairy company has issued a warning over foreign ownership of Kiwi land.

O acordo de US$ 7 bilhões assinado no mês passado –para produção de 6 milhões de toneladas de soja por ano– é um dos vários fechados nas últimas semanas, enquanto a China se apressa para assegurar sua segurança alimentar e compensar sua crescente dependência de produtos agrícolas dos Estados Unidos, buscando vastas áreas do interior agrícola da América Latina.

New Zealanders could not afford to be "totally xenophobic" towards Chinese investment because it has brought jobs and capital into the country, Prime Minister John Key said Monday.

The Chinese article on the deal emphasized that Chongqing citizens would get the soy oil at a very cheap price ("价格将更便宜").

Opposition activists in Kazakhstan called on the government on Saturday to stop Chinese investment in the country's natural resources, saying Beijing could be preparing a land grab in Central Asia

País possui maior reserva cambial do mundo, avaliada em US$ 3,04 trilhões

China should use its huge foreign exchange reserves to expand investment in the agricultural sector overseas, in an effort to increase domestic market supply, says researcher with government-owned economic institute.

“They are moving in,” said Carlo Lovatelli, president of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries. “They are looking for land, looking for reliable partners. But what they would like to do is run the show alone.”