Following protests in many Chilean cities (see APBREBES Updates issue #3) and years of controversy, on 18th March, the Chilean government withdrew from its legislative process, the proposed Plant Growers Law (commonly known as "the Monsanto Law") that would have brought Chilean PVP law in line with UPOV 1991
Chilean Government Pulls Proposed Revision of Plant Variety Rights Law , by Shawn Sullivan
Chile derails Monsanto law that would privatise seeds, by GRAIN