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354 notes to pages 253–29734. See Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla and Berenice Garcia-Ponce, “Unique and RedundantFunctional Domains of APETALA1 and CAULIFLOWER, Two RecentlyDuplicated Arabidopsis thaliana Floral MADS-box genes,” Journal of ExperimentalBotany 57, no. 12 (August 7, 2006): 3009–107.13. In Argentina: The Soybeans of Hunger1. Ámbito financiero, Sec. Ámbito agropecuario, August 11, 2000, 4–5.2. La Nación, July 23, 2000.3. See Walter Pengue, Cultivos trnasgénicos: Hacia dónde vamos? (Buenos Aires:Lugar Editorial, 2000).4. Revista Gente, January 29, 2002.5. Ibid.6. Clarín, January 11, 2003.7. www.sojasolidaria.org.ar (no longer accessible).8. La Nación, February 14, 2003.9. La Capital, March 25, 2005.14. Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina: The “United Soy Republic”1. Daniel Vernet, “Libres OGM du Brésil,” Le Monde, November 27, 2003.2. www.monsanto.com/who_we_are/locations/brazil/camacari.asp.3. Javiera Rulli, Stella Semino, and Lilian Joensen, Paraguay Sojero: Soy Expansionand Its Violent Attack on Local and Indigenous Communities in Paraguay, Grupode reflexión rural, www.grr.org.ar, Buenos Aires, March 2006.4. Ibid.15. India: The Seeds of Suicide1. Somini Sengupta, “On India’s Farms, a Plague of Suicide,” New York Times,September 19, 2006.2. Amelia Gentleman, “Despair Takes Toll on Indian Farmers,” International HeraldTribune, May 31, 2006.3. Jaideep Hardikar, “One Suicide Every 8 Hours,” DNA India. In this article, theMumbai newspaper specifies that, according to government sources, 2.8 millioncotton farmers in the state (out of a total of 3.2 million) are in debt.4. This was patent no. 0436257 B1 (see my film Les Pirates du vivant).5. Gargi Parsai, “Transgenics: US Team Meets CJI,” The Hindu, January 5, 2001.6. “Food, Feed Safety Promote Dialogue with European Delegation,” Monsantonews release, July 3, 2002.7. www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr19023.htm. See also Peter Fritsch and