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Jan 7 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Revolving door in Argentina: Former Syngenta CEO appointed chief presidential advisor. The ex-Syngenta CEO for South America describes his appointment as “a dream come true”. It certainly is for agribiz! buenosairesherald.com/business/forme…
Some 2,300 leaders from academia & civil society signed an open letter calling on the Argentine President to reverse his appointment of the former Syngenta CEO. Syngenta leads the sale of agrochemicals and controls 60% of the #GMO seed market in Argentina argentina.indymedia.org/2023/01/07/rec…
Until 31 Dec the new presidential advisor was the CEO for South America of Syngenta — a post he held for 12 years and in which he positioned himself as the voice of agribusiness, supporting measures that harm small farmers, thousands of whom have been expelled to the big cities.
"We live in a land of fumigated towns, with children with cancer as a result of agribiz, in the top ten countries for deforestation, and the 1st to commercialise #GMO wheat in which Syngenta also has interests"—and that's before Syngenta's CEO became chief presidential advisor!
In 2021, Syngenta's largest market was Latin America, which accounted for about 33% of its sales. Its 🇦🇷profits come mainly from atrazine, paraquat & glyphosate. Atrazine is banned in 37 countries, paraquat in 72 countries, and @IARCWHO says #glyphosate is a probable carcinogen.

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