PCASC original: El Salvador and security
CISPES and PCASC member Allen Hines, along with our friends at the B Media Collective, helped put together the following videos which explain the current security situation in El Salvador and its roots.
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Ecuador: A Revolutionary March Versus a Counter-Revolutionary March
Red flags were combined with the indigenous multicolour flag, standards with the face of Che mixed with placards against mega mining.
Canada Deepens Ties with Deadly Regime in Honduras
The Harper administration has shown it is especially eager to work with Honduran officials since the coup, and Canada’s corporate interests in the country continue to grow.
Progress or Promises? Free Trade and Labor Rights in Colombia
Rodolfo Vecino has a death sentence on his head. He has been told he will be kidnapped, tortured and his family will be murdered
D17 Rally and March – Immigrant Rights ARE Worker Rights
This will be an opportunity to join with the Occupy movement, and send a strong message against the racist laws, policies and institutions that are systematically targeting immigrant communities, such as Secure Communities, E-verify, wage theft, free trade agreements and increased detentions and deportations.
Transnational Movement “Encachimbados” Brings Occupy Protests to El Salvador
The privileges granted to foreign companies through the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), has recently yielded a torrid legal battle in El Salvador. The Salvadoran government faces two lawsuits for a total of almost $200 million for refusing to grant permissions to companies to carry out open-pit metallic mining in several regions throughout the country.
Final sentate hearing on the Korea, Panama, and Colombia FTAs
This Thursday, the U.S. Senate will hold its final hearing on the Korea, Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements.
Honduras Report-back and Tamale Sale
Wednesday, May 25 · 7:00pm Musicians Union Hall 325 NE 20th ave Portland, OR Portland native and PCASC-volunteer Rachael Townsand recently spent 8 months in Honduras. She will be sharing her experiences living and working with rank-file union activists and campesino organizers, who are part of the united front in Honduras struggling for true democracy …
U.S. pressures Guatemala on labor front
This is the first labor case ever brought by the United States against a trade agreement partner.
FTA advances as Colombia fulfills US requirements
If everything continues as planned, the U.S. Congress will discuss and vote on ratification of the agreement within the next two months.