Lisbeth Gonzalez, Radio La Primerísima, 23 de octubre 2020
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Douglas Alemán
The National Livestock Commission (CONAGAN) on Oct. 22 condemned the campaign in the United States promoted by activists from the Somocista organization UNAB-MRS, who claim that the meat exported to the United States is contaminated with the blood of indigenous people from nature reserves.
The general manager of CONAGAN, Ronald Blandón, condemned the lies being transmitted through a campaign with hidden interests which puts at risk an important economic activity in the country, which generates more than 400 million dollars and more than 600 thousand permanent jobs.
"The animals that are taken to the slaughterhouses are those that are properly identified and are outside the country's reserves," Blandón said.
For his part, the congressman and cattle rancher, Douglas Aleman told Radio La Primerisima that "any ill-intentioned campaign against the commercialization of Nicaraguan meat in the United States will have the absolute rejection of the 134,000 cattle-raising families of Nicaragua.
Solón Guerrero, director of the Federation of Nicaraguan Cattlemen's Associations, repudiated these ruses and assured that they will present documents that prove that their group signed agreements to protect the reserves held by the indigenous populations.
"This malicious publication misinforms that our Association produces more meat taking advantage of the pandemic, which is ridiculous, because the process of pregnancy of the cows, birth and fattening of the calf for slaughter lasts more than three years," said the president of the National Council of Cooperatives, Ariel Bucardo.
Representatives of the meat industry denied the dirty campaign that Lotie Cunningham and Camilo de Castro Belli carry out in the United States, discrediting the origin of the Nicaraguan meat that is exported.
The executive director of the Nicaraguan Chamber of the Meat Industry, Juan Bautista Velásquez, stated that the cattle that are processed are duly identified, because they come from Institute for Agricultural Protection and Health (IPSA) -certified farms.
He said that if we lose the North American market more than 600 thousand people would lose their jobs and 140 thousand producers would be affected, because they would hit one of the sectors that leads the country's exports. Radio La Primerisima, 22 Oct. 202