The Manila Times

Holy guacamole! How Nafta drove America’s avocado boom

- WARNING AIRED RE CHINA’S ‘ ILLEGAL’ ORGAN TRANSPLANT BUSINESS Michael Wolf AFP

ALTHOUGH my wife and I respect your newspaper as one of the most balanced and “neutral” in recent months, it was very appalling for us to see that

carried an article on November 9, 2017, written “by about the, pardon the word, nonsense about “China 2nd in organ donations.” [Article was contribute­d by

In the Western world it is already well known that China has a multi- billiondol­lar organ transplant operation business, ongoing for many years. Please watch the 20 minute video at “This is a “must see” eye- opener video. It has irrefutabl­e evidence of what is indicated in this letter and has lots of evidence which are often coming from sources within China. After watching the video, you and everyone else who saw it will understand that China will be trying desperatel­y to cover up this most bloody, most inhuman and most heinous crime: “State- sanctioned forced organ harvesting” of innocent people; and ongoing for more than 18 years.

After watching this video called “Medical Genocide,” you will understand and also know that any informatio­n related to China’s organ transplant­s, organ donations etc. needs to be very transparen­t, verifiable and critically looked at. Then, as a balanced newspaper, shouldn’t you at least let the reader know about the big controvers­ies related to China’s organ “donation” system and transplant figures?

“China’s transplant system has horrified the world.” This was stated by no less than the president of The Internatio­nal Transplant­ation Society during a transplant conference in Hong Kong in 2016. An article related to this can be found at

and this is just the tip of the iceberg. And apropos China’s (unofficial) spokesman on organ transplant­s and donation activities in China, this Huang Jiefu seems to be guilty as anything of “forced live organ harvesting,” most likely in the thousands. For more on this, please look at

Shouldn’t this man be in jail? Why is he still allowed to deceive the world, or to enter other countries like the Philippine­s. From what I know, if he were to try to enter Spain, he would be arrested, due to their laws regarding organ traffickin­g.

I gave an interview recently to the publisher of the indicating clearly why this subject of China’s illegal organ transplant business is something very serious and “why” it is important for the Philippine­s to know about it. If you google “YouTube Mindoro in Focus” you will find my interview (uploaded on YouTube).

Taiwan amended its organ transplant laws in 2015 because of the organ transplant situation in China, and they did this against “strong headwind” from China. So, what did China do then? After China found out in 2013 what Taiwan was planning to prevent Taiwanese from flying to China for organ transplant­s so they would not become accomplice­s to murder, China offered the Taiwanese DOH an organ exchange. Meaning, if Taiwan doesn’t have the organs, they can order them from us. China, in 2014, wanted to drag Taiwan into their bloody, criminal business of forced organ harvesting from living/ innocent people. Luckily, Taiwan was vigilant enough and didn’t fall for it.

I write this to make readers aware that there might be strong attempts by China to do something similar here in the Philippine­s, perhaps even spurred on by our president’s very friendly relations with China.

Love it or loathe it, America’s avocado craze shows of the Mexican staple may not realize they can thank the Nafta -

In a little over two decades, American store shelves have of avocados, mangos, papayas and peppers stamped “Mexico”

- Free Trade Agreement, which the United States, Canada and Mexico are renegotiat­ing at the demand

“I’m 49 years old and remem mother in winter ‘Where are the

Thanks to the 1994 trade deal, there is now a whole new generation of Americans who will never

While Nafta was never intended as a vehicle to change the American diet, Steven Zahniser, economist and researcher at - tween the agreement and Ameri

Cheaper produce

the trade deal took effect in Melons were taxed at 30 percent,

Pre- Nafta conditions made exporting to the United States

Today, all the states send their

The most dramatic example is

- tosanitary reasons—the technical to protect health and prevent -

tripled since 1994, according to the USDA, and the United States is now the largest importer of the

Super Bowl guacamole

The presence of a large Mexican sandwiches and on salads—with

The mashed avocado cream mixed with lime, onion and to -

- national craze which has since gone

deforestat­ion in Mexico, while

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Americans to eat a more healthy

Demand for Mexican straw -

“It is one of the greatest stories

challenge, he says, is to provide

“As a chef, with the Nafta -

Still, he said, the choice of diet

Nafta “has made things more

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