r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 23h ago

Biotechnology Burkina Faso says no to Bill Gates’ plan of creating modified species of mosquitoes

https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/burkina-faso-says-no-to-bill-gates-plan-of-creating-modified-species-of-mosquitoes/xyk7xm8
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u/Sryzon 17h ago

The West has been doing projects like this successfully in Central and South America for decades, though.

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u/PsychologicalSet8678 7h ago

With lots of coups, political intervention, enforcing soft power. South Americans don't like the US (and its western alies) one bit.