"Not just the beef deal, but the Lee Myung-bak government’s policies are anti-working people and are not right," college student Ju Ha-na, who took part in a head-shaving ceremony in protest, said.

Tens of thousands of South Koreans are rallying Saturday against a plan to import US beef in the largest protest in weeks of anti-government demonstrations.

Farmers, professors and veterans, and citizens protest the government’s announcement about U.S. beef import

"Renegociación del TLCAN y de los Acuerdos de Agricultura de la Organización Mundial de Comercio para dejar a salvo nuestros derechos a la soberanía alimentaria"

As the government of South Korea notified the public that it will implement new import rules for US beef imports on May 29, civic organizations, labor groups and Internet users are strongly denouncing the move. They plan to take steps to block distribution and consumption of the American meat, while warning of a “nationwide, anti-government fight".

South Korea’s political opposition asked the Constitutional Court on Friday to block U.S. beef from entering the country after the government announced it would resume imports within days under an accord with Washington.

As Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham and members of his Cabinet walked across Rawson Square to the House of Assembly on Wednesday morning they were greeted by angry citizens protesting against the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

South Korea’s labour unions on Wednesday vowed to block the planned release of US beef from cold storage this week, as protests sparked by mad cow fears intensified.

Sixty-eight protesters have been detained after participating in street demonstrations against South Korea’s decision to resume imports of US beef, police said Monday.

Ahora, tras meses de manifestaciones, las organizaciones campesinas, sindicatos nacionales, apoyados por estudiantes y la mayoría de la población, iniciaron este miércoles nuevas jornadas de protesta en varios estados para que el gobierno del presidente Felipe Calderón se vea obligado a la revisión del TLCAN con sus socios

Downtown Seoul saw massive demonstrations by farmers against the Korea-US free trade agreement and import of US beef on Thursday with some 8,000 farmers from 42 groups nationwide including the Hanwoo Association

We reject the project of Association Agreements proposed by the European Union and backed by diverse Latin American and Caribbean governments which only aim to deepen and perpetuate the current system of domination which has caused so much harm to our peoples.

Of primary emphasis at the summit were the EU’s trade deals, termed “association accords,” with South America’s Andean Community of Nations (CAN) and the southern free trade block MERCOSUR.

Une pétition en faveur de la souveraineté alimentaire, qui a récolté plus de 80.000 signatures, réclame le respect du droit des pays, notamment d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique (ACP) avec lesquels l’Europe négocie des Accords de partenariat économique (APE), de protéger leurs productions agricoles des importations à bas prix.

Max Agustín Correa, secretario general de la CCC, se pronunció contra lo que calificó de proceso de desmantelamiento institucional del andamiaje del desarrollo rural y lo vinculó a la vigencia del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN)

Los Acuerdos de Asociación que ha firmado la Unión Europea con México y Chile han profundizado las desigualdades y muestran el camino que seguirán quienes firmen estos Acuerdos en Centro América, la Comunidad Andina de Naciones y el MERCOSUR cuyas negociaciones se quiere resucitar

Más de tres mil delegados de unos cuarenta países inauguraron este martes en Lima la Cumbre de los Pueblos, que sesionará paralelamente a la V Cumbre América Latina, el Caribe y la Unión Europea (ALC-UE)

RECALCA, que ejerce la Secretaria de la Alianza Social Continental y lidera en Colombia el debate y la resistencia frente al “libre comercio”, es miembro del comité organizador y participará activamente en la Cumbre Social de los Pueblos, Enlazando Alternativas III, que se realizará en Lima del 13 al 16 de mayo, paralela a la V Cumbre de Jefes de Estado de Europa, América Latina y el Caribe

A court ruled on Friday that if fliers and large placards are involved or political slogans are chanted during an event, it cannot be seen purely as a “cultural event.”

Tens of thousands of Koreans held another candlelit vigil Friday night, demanding the government scrap the agreement to import most US beef.