Three pictures of the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano that happend yesterday at La Habana:

Thanks a lot to Nik

Diego Luna and Gael García join the days of Fasting for Food Independence; they demand to withdraw corn and beans from the NAFTA commercial agreement.
Actress Jesusa Rodríguez took part in the Fast for Food Independence promoted by 300 integral organizations of the National Campaign in Defense of Food Sovereignty and the Recovery of Mexican Land.

In the Angel of Independence Monument of the capital, the first of five days was carried out to demonstrate the need to withdraw corn and beans from the commercial agreement, and for the establishment of a permanent system of importation for white corn and legumes.

Close to 30 organizers presented a document that reports on the affectations the national land will suffer as a result of the North-American Free Trade Agreement.

Signatures were collected to withdraw the agricultural section and that will be dedicated to the Congress of the Union at the final days of fasting that are a part of the national campaign “Without corn there is no country, nor without beans. Put Mexico in your mouth!”

In addition to rural, social, political and trade union organizations, intellectuals and artists join this activity; such as Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Andrés Palacios, Juan Manuel Bernal, Julieta Egurrola, Bruno Bichir, Cecilia Suárez, Vanessa Bauche, Luis Roberto Guzmán, Vanessa Ciangherotti and Miguel Rodarte, among others.

On Wednesday and Thursday there will be a forum of intellectuals and specialists on the importance of corn in Mexico, the loss of food sovereignty and the nation as the center of origin of this mother plant.

Translated by Heather

Source: Noticieros Televisa