O Mercosur is stuck to the choice of the new director general of the IICA (Inter -American Institute of Cooperation for Agriculture)organism that brings together 34 countries of the continent and is focused on agricultural development.
The future command of IICA will be defined at a conference of Ministers of Agriculture from the Americas, from November 3 to 5, in Brasilia. The result of the election is considered unpredictable.
The President’s Government Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Supports the Uruguayan FERNANDO MATTOSwho was minister of former Centro-right president Luis Lacalle Pou. His candidacy was upheld and endorsed by the current president, Yangines orsiwhich took office in March.
Argentina and Paraguay should vote for the agronomist Muhammad Ibrahim from Guyana, which is supported by the Caribbean countries.
The Secretary of Honduras Agriculture and Livestock, Laura Suazoalso had his candidacy launched and rushed out in the dispute for office.
The current director general of IICA is the Argentine Manuel Oterowhich was first elected in 2017 and is about to complete its second term.
The body, based in San José (Costa Rica), is of particular importance to countries with less developed agriculture and food security problems.
In the Latin American diplomatic community, there is strangeness with the Brazilian position, according to reports made to the CNN reserved.
This is because Mattos was president of the Rural Association of Uruguay (equivalent to the Brazilian rural society) and is linked to the right -wing Colorado Party, and is a critic of agrarian reform programs – expensive to PT.
