[NYTr] Costa Rica Votes on CAFTA as US Launches Free Trade Agrmnt Moratorium Campaign
 
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 23:28:39 -0500 (CDT)

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IRC Americas Program - Oct 3, 2007
http://www.americaspolicy.org/

Costa Rica Votes on CAFTA

The people of Costa Rica are doing what no other country has been able
to do so farbthey are actually voting on a U.S. free trade agreement on
Oct. 7. The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) would
profoundly alter the structure of their society and their future. The
Americas Policy Program has been analyzing CAFTA in Costa Rica since we
formed a partnership with representatives of the NO movement at a
meeting in Teotihuacan exactly a year ago. Since then, we've seen that
their efforts have tremendous implications for the rest of the world.

In this latest packet of articles we include one I wrote on recent
events in Costa Rica and what the nation stands to lose under CAFTA (a
lot), an article by Americas analyst Umberto Mazzei on what Costa Rica
would gain (very little), and another by Maria Eugenia Trejos on the
impact of the agreement.

According to polls, if the U.S. public were permitted to vote on its
country's trade policy we would have no more Free Trade Agreements.
Instead, we have four new FTAs before Congress todaybPeru, Panama,
Colombia and South Korea. Following the Costa Rican example of an
informed citizenry participating in public policy, we have launched a
MORATORIUM ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS campaign.

To sign on, click here:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/gx/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=599

Laura Carlsen

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