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Colombian U’wa indigenous leaders visit US, urging investors and US Congress to respect human rights
21-Nov-2008 Market Watch
The U’wa called attention to indigenous mobilizations in Colombia where some 15,000 are marching to Bogota — to protest their government’s backsliding on indigenous land rights in attempt to make way for the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
An Open Letter from the Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN) to US President-Elect Barack Obama.
21-Nov-2008 Trade and War in Colombia
"During your historic campaign, you publicly noted some of what Colombians currently face: you acknowledged the murders of trade unionists by the regime and stated your reservations about a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, which our people have decided against through a democratic referendum. We thank you for this, and now want you to know about the specific situation facing Colombia’s indigenous peoples."
Anti-NAFTA groups prepare wish list for Obama
20-Nov-2008
Not everybody in Canada is terrified by the prospect of U.S president-elect Barack Obama reopening the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Bolivian union leaders to protest Peru’s FTA with European Union
20-Nov-2008 LIP
This week, Bolivians are in Lima to help organize a protest against Peru and Colombia for agreeing to sign a Free-Trade Agreement with the European Union.
Chinese ’Bill Gates’ booed by angry Peruvian textile workers
20-Nov-2008 AFP
Jack Ma, a Chinese web entrepreneur sometimes called his country’s "Bill Gates", was Wednesday jeered by angry Peruvian textile workers who saw him as the negative personification of a China-Peru free trade agreement.
FTA with Colombia favors companies over Colombians
20-Nov-2008 Znet
The US free trade agreement with Colombia is back in the spotlight, after President Bush allegedly conditioned his support for a bailout of the auto industry on the Democrats dropping their opposition to the FTA.
SA labour protests Western Sahara inclusion in EU-Morocco deal
18-Nov-2008 Afrol
A global protest campaign, contesting occupied Western Sahara’s inclusion in a Morocco-European Union (EU) free trade deal is gaining momentum. Today, South Africa’s dominant labour union COSATU told the EU it was breaking international law by its planned inclusion of the territory.
Family wins payout for SKorean protester killed by police
18-Nov-2008 AFP
A South Korean court ruled Tuesday that the government should compensate the family of a farmer who was fatally injured by police during a protest against free trade.
Divide to conquer
18-Nov-2008 RMR
The constant pression exerted by the European Union on the countries of the Andean Community of Nations to reach an FTA under an Association Agreement caused that, while Peru and Colombia decided to follow that path, Ecuador and Bolivia are excluded from the negotiations, similarly to the US imposition of FTAs.
Africans Should Confront ’’Blind Governments’’ on EPAs
11-Nov-2008
African governments came under fire for ‘‘blindly’’ negotiating the controversial economic partnership agreements (EPAs) and not making an effort to educate ‘‘ordinary people’’ on what they were negotiating.
Uribe agrees to talks with indigenous protesters
24-Oct-2008 IPS
"The police did fire" on indigenous protesters, said Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who yielded to pressure to meet next Sunday with the leaders of a two-week-long demonstration by native groups.
Colombia: Authorities suppress coverage of indigenous protests
24-Oct-2008 IFEX
At least one person was killed and more than 130 were wounded during indigenous demonstrations last week in several departments in Colombia. But with multiple press freedom violations being committed, you would be hard-pressed to find out what’s going on.
Audio: Indigenous Colombians begin 10,000-strong march against Uribe government
24-Oct-2008 DN!
More than 10,000 indigenous Colombians have begun a protest march against President Alvaro Uribe. Marchers are protesting the militarization of their territories, the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, and the failure of Uribe’s administration to fulfill various accords with the indigenous communities.
Audio: Indigenous march against free trade policies
24-Oct-2008 FSRN
In Colombia, thousands of indigenous people are staging a week long march. Marchers plan to march through 70 miles of Colombia’s countryside. They say they want to change economic policies that are impoverishing their nations. And they reject the presence of US corporations on their lands. Manuel Rueda joined the march as it passed through Colombia’s Cauca Province.
One day strike and Indigenous mobilizations in Colombia
23-Oct-2008 NUPG
In the Cauca region, a twelve-thousand strong Indigenous and Popular Minga (or Assembly) was held in opposition to the militarization of Indigenous, Afro-Colombian and peasant communities/territories. The Assembly also declared it’s firm opposition to the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Canada, U.S. and the European Union.
Declaration of Maputo: V International Conference of La Via Campesina
23-Oct-2008 Via Campesina
Now is also the time to redouble our struggle against FTAs and EPAs, and against the WTO, but this time more clearly indicating the central role played by the TNCs.
Int’l signature drive vs Jpepa launched in Bangkok
15-Oct-2008 GMA News
An international signature drive has been launched in Bangkok, Thailand asking the Philippine Senate to recall the ratification of the controversial Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa).
CAW calls for a halt to Korean free trade agreement
14-Oct-2008 Chatham Daily News
"Regardless of who is in power federally, we cannot afford a free trade agreement with Korea," Canadian Auto Workers member Mike Byrne said, noting Korea sold 130,000 vehicles in Canada in 2005 and Canada sold 400 vehicles in Korea that same year.
Int’l signature drive vs Jpepa launched in Bangkok
13-Oct-2008
An international signature drive has been launched in Bangkok, Thailand asking the Philippine Senate to recall the ratification of the controversial Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa).
Supreme Court asked to nullify JPEPA
13-Oct-2008 PDI
The Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party and eight other organizations asked the Supreme Court on Monday to prevent the implementation of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) that the Senate ratified last week.