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Breaking: Obama to move Colombia trade deal?!
Today Obama and Colombian President Santos will announce a sham “deal” on labor rights issues as political cover to jumpstart a NAFTA-type trade deal with Colombia — the union-murder capitol of the world. -
Environmental Justice and Human Rights Delegation to Colombia this May!
A Travel Delegation to the Magdalena Region of Colombia with Witness for Peace Northwest -
We Have Everything And Lack Everything: In Mexico, Community Police Resist Mining Companies
...a series of regional assemblies were held in the Costa Chica and Montaña area in southeast Guerrero leading to the decision that the communities would start their own police force comprised of volunteers. -
Military Coups are Good for Canadian Business: The Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
According to the Honduran press, an agreement is close to being completed. This marks an alarming development in the efforts of the Canadian state and multinational corporations to deepen their relations with Honduras following the military coup of June 28, 2009. -
Death Threats against Environmental Defenders in El Salvador — Take Action Today!
Our allies are extremely concerned that the on-going state of impunity not only encourages the recent threats and crimes but could lead to more violence and murders in the near future. -
Bad model cities
These regions are sort of like today's Export Processing Zones that house the maquilas, except that they will have residents who are no longer full Honduran citizens, governed instead by the laws and rules set up by the local administration to administer these areas. -
The Decade that Transformed a Continent
In many ways, the first decade of the 21st Century was the flip side of the last decade of the twentieth century in South America. -
Congressional Travel to Honduras Used to Support US Lawmaker’s Business Interests
This is the first indication that taxpayer-funded congressional travel, generally allocated for “fact finding missions,” has been used to help out the donors of coup-supporting US lawmakers in the country. -
Why Bolivia Stood Alone in Opposing the Cancún Climate Agreement
Many commentators have called the Cancún accord a "step in the right direction." We disagree: it is a giant step backward. The text replaces binding mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions with voluntary pledges that are wholly insufficient. -
Cross-Border Unity Against the Korea FTA
The largest free trade agreement since NAFTA is about to be introduced for a vote in Congress. This decidedly unfair trade deal would cost Oregon thousands of family-wage jobs, put the state’s land use and environmental laws in jeopardy and hand still more power to Wall Street.
