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Mayan bee glyph. Moderator’s Note:   When we last reported on the situation with GMOs in the southern Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán, there were many reasons to celebrate since a federal judge had overturned the approval of GMO soy plantings in this region as a threat to the indigenous beekeepers of the region (see our posts of March 16 2014 and July 24, 2014 ). Those rulings profoundly recognized Mayan indigenous autonomy. As quoted in our report of March last year: According to press reports…(Mar 11, 2014) the court “determined that the effective protection of indigenous rights requires the exercise of certain human rights of a procedural nature, mainly the access to information, participation in decision-making and access to ensure justice.”   Moreover, this decision was based on the violation of the right to free, prior and informed consultation for indigenous peoples protected by Article 2 of the Mexican Constitution and Convention 169 of the ILO (...

Mayan bee glyph Mayan farmers defeat ‘Gene Giant’ in latest court ruling LAST WEEK’S QUIET VICTORY IN CAMPECHE MAY HAVE HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S.   Devon G. Peña | Seattle, WA | March 15, 2014 I think Monsanto is about to become to biotech what Enron was to the energy markets. - A secretive doppelganger in the derivatives market The State of Campeche was named after the ancient classic Maya city-state of Ah Kin Pech (Canpech). The State is located in the southwestern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula along the Gulf of Mexico. This remains some of the most remote wild, self-willing land in México. The entire region has a relatively sparse, mostly city- and tourism-bound population of around 754,000 (2005 census). This is significantly less than you’ll count in the smallest Mexico City neighborhood. This is jungle-bound limestone cavern country. Like the nation of Belize, which borders it to the southeast, and the Petén in Guatemala, to the south, Campeche has some amazing beachfro...