12/14/2020 10:39 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 12/14/2020 10:39 PM
This Monday a curious photo of the President of the Nation, Alberto Fernández, posing in his office in the Casa Rosada with a wooden box with a legend in white letters on a red background that condemns one of the policies he carries was viralized on social networks. forward the National Chancellery.
"
No to the pig agreement with China,
" says the cartel, which
denounces the agreement in which the government itself is working
to install huge pig production farms in Argentina through Chinese investments so that the meat is then exported to the Asian country.
The photo has its history.
According to the members of the
Argentine Vegan Union
, the photo was taken on November 25, after the former model and vegan activist Liz Solari
and the president of the Argentine Vegan Union,
Manuel Alfredo Martí
, shared a vegan lunch at the Government House with the President.
The meeting and the photo were confirmed to
Clarín
by officials of the Casa Rosada, and those same informants clarified that this meeting served for the activists to
deliver to the President the petition signed
against the installation of the farms, but that
it will not modify the agenda of the Government on that point
.
"The President received the request, but
the Foreign Ministry will continue working on the agreement with China for the farms,
" a government spokesperson told this newspaper.
According to the members of the Vegan Union on their Facebook page, the President assured them that the Government "is not going to promote industrial models of pig production
that could put public health at risk
."
"The meeting was
very positive
, and the President of the Nation was very interested in everything that was said and promised to work to
take steps in that direction,
" stated the militants who fight the consumption of meat and food products of origin. animal.
At the meeting, the Vegan Union presented the President with a petition against the installation of pig farms signed by
528,000 people
.
The Foreign Ministry is working on a
memorandum of understanding with the Chinese government
to favor the installation of pig production farms in Argentina.
To do this, various departments of the Ministry of Agriculture and INTA work together with the University of Rosario to establish the rules under which these enterprises can operate.
The agreement is intended to boost the growth of the pig sector in Argentina and export to the Asian country and
foresees investments of almost US $ 3.8 billion over the next four years
.
It aims to increase meat production by 882,000 tons and generate exports of US $ 2.5 billion.
This will make it possible to increase the stock of pig mothers of
300,000 heads
in a period of 4 years (60,000 the first year and 80,000 the following).
Each of the 25 plants contemplated by the treaty will be able to house 12,000 mothers.
Currently, there are 3,855 commercial establishments that congregate a stock of 350,000 mothers, at the same time that outside of commercial production there is a stock of 600,000 mothers.
