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No deal on Colombia farmers’ strike after night of talks | 28-August-2013

Representatives of Colombian farmers’ groups and government ministers say they have not yet been able to reach a deal to end a 10-day strike.


First Nations loses bid to block Canada-China FIPA treaty | 28-August-2013

Canada’s Federal Court has dismissed an application by an aboriginal band in British Columbia to stay the Canada-China investment treaty until First Nations have been consulted.


Colombian government to negotiate with striking farmers | 27-August-2013

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says his government will enter into negotiations with agricultural workers as their strike enters its ninth day.


Colombia: Paro agrario, la batalla del Caquetá | 27-August-2013

El paro nacional agrario, que no ve el "ciego" de Juan Manuel Santos, sigue su marcha incontenible. Es como un fantasma que recorre a Colombia. Viaja por todos los lugares y campos del mundo popular.


Colombia nationwide strike against ’free trade,’ privatization, poverty | 26-August-2013

At least 200,000 people blocked roads and launched protests against a US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement and devastating policies of poverty and privatization pushed by US-backed right-wing President Juan Manuel Santos.


Hundreds of Minnesota activists march against free trade deal | 26-August-2013

Hundreds of labor, fair trade, environmental and community activists marched through downtown Minneapolis Tuesday to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive trade deal that could jeopardize American jobs, wages, consumer safety, health care and environmental standards.


Malaysian civil society’s red lines on the TPPA negotiations | 25-August-2013

The Malaysian government must not sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) given the ‘Red Lines’ issued by civil society groups are not accepted by the other TPPA countries.


Trans-Pacific Partnership: Canadian groups demand end to secrecy | 24-August-2013

Ministers from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership countries, including International Trade Minister Ed Fast, should stop their secret negotiations and immediately make public the 26 chapters of the TPP when they meet in Brunei this week, say Canadian groups


Colombia: Manifestantes apoyan protesta campesina | 23-August-2013

Sindicalistas, estudiantes, trabajadores de la salud y la educación se manifestaron este martes en las principales ciudades de Colombia en respaldo a una protesta de miles de campesinos y en repudio a los Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLC) promovidos por el gobierno.


Colombia Resiste! Cuarto día de paro agro-minero, de transporte, salud y social | 23-August-2013

La protesta que se origina por la negativa del gobierno nacional de establecer un escenario de diálogo con las organizaciones sociales que permitan superar la grave crisis que afronta el campo colombiano producto de la aprobación e implementación de los tratados de libre comercio TLC.


Los campesinos colombianos le plantan cara a Santos y al TLC | 20-August-2013

Desde las primeras horas de este lunes 19 de agosto de 2013, miles de campesinas y campesinos colombianos iniciaron, en todo el país, el denominado Paro Nacional Agrario en Colombia, esto en respuesta de las políticas económicas del presidente Juan Manuel Santos. La policía reconoce 31 detenciones y hubo choques en diversas partes del país.


Hupacasath First Nation shines light on secretive Canada-China investment deal | 20-August-2013

A small polity of First Nations peoples, the Hupacasath, could be the only obstacle to stop the ratification of what may well be the most devastating corporate empowerment treaty that Canada will ever endure.


Colombia’s growing labor struggle | 19-August-2013

Three of Colombia’s most powerful unions take action on August 19 and 20, as the spreading anger against the Colombian government reaches a new stage.


Partenariat transpacifique (TPP): Le Terrible Plan Ploutocratique | 16-August-2013

Nous pouvons bloquer le TPP, comme on a bloqué le « cycle de Doha » de l’OMC, la Zone de Libre-Échange des Amériques, ou encore l’Accord Multilatéral sur l’Investissement.


Ciudadanos marchan contra el tratado de libre comercio negociado entre la UE y la CE en la negación de la democracia | 14-August-2013

Movilización el 24 de Noviembre de 2013


Marche citoyenne contre l’accord de libre échange négocié entre les EU et la CE dans le déni de la démocratie | 14-August-2013

Venez nombreux le 24 novembre. Il s’agira de la première mobilisation avant une longue série d’autres d’ici à 2015.


A guide to the TPPA–Why Bantah? | 6-August-2013

The TPPA may be a free trade agreement in form, but it is an imperialist regulatory agreement in substance.


EU-Central America agreement : International statement | 4-August-2013

European and Latin-American networks reiterate their recommendations to the European Union and its Member States, in view of the imminent provisional implementation of the commercial pillar of the Association Agreement with con Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua