Frei
Betto Denounces Conspiracy in Rio to Impose Green Economy
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 20 (acn) “There is a real Northern conspiracy
in Rio plus 20 to set aside the principles of sustainable
development and impose the new green economy thesis,” denounced
the renowned Brazilian theologian Frei Betto.
The recent proposal by the
industrialized countries is a fallacy used to cover up the
privatization of natural resources like water, and the
commoditization and mercantilization of nature, wrote on
Tuesday Betto in the website Evared.
Referring to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, which
begins its sessions today (at the highest level) in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, Betto pointed out that it should be focused on
the urgent need for international instruments to assure
universal rights to all seven billion people living on the
planet.
It is the job of the governments that are gathering in this
meeting to prioritize sustainability rights, welfare and
progress of society, stressed the liberation theologian, author
of 50 books, including the world famous "Fidel and Religion."
Betto said he was participating in
the People's Summit, an event parallel to the Conference, to
propose more control of advertising and reject incitement to
excessive consumerism and the creation of false needs,
especially when directed at children and youth.
The current capitalist paradigm
of increasing accumulation of wealth and produce according to
market and not to social needs, it will never eradicate poverty,
inequality and environmental destruction, he said.
Cuba shares with the social
movements gathered in the alternative event, the political
agreement to resist the "green economy" and the condemnation of
capitalism, told CAN news agency Llanisca Lugo, a Cuban
representative in the Politburo Rio plus 20.
After two decades of the
establishment, for the first time, of a global agenda for
sustainable development in the historic "Earth Summit", this is
a new attempt to find solutions to the serious problems that
threaten human survival.
