Tag Archives: Free Trade
Goodyear-Colombia: Another Multinational that Refuses to Negotiate with Workers on their Demands; Strike Now on Day 10
Source: http://www.ens.org.co/index.shtml?apc=a—;1;-;-;&x=20171537 (Translated by Steve Fake, CSN Volunteer Translator) Author: Labor Information Agency (Agencia de Información Laboral- ENS) Author email: … Read More »
The Greed for Gold Leaves New Craters
Source: http://censat.org/es/noticias/la-avidez-por-el-oro-deja-nuevos-crateres (Translated by Haley Olig, a CSN Intern) Colombia. The extraction of precious metal is put on standby as … Read More »
Colombia Should Not Enter Trans-Pacific Partnership
Source: http://deslinde.co/colombia-no-debe-entrar-al-tratado-transpacifico/ (Translated by Mai Tyler, CSN Volunteer Translator) After much anticipation, the culmination of the Trans-Pacific Treaty between twelve … Read More »
REPORT ON EVALUATION OF THE LABOR ACTION PLAN OF U.S.- COLOMBIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT ( FTA)
REPORT ON EVALUATION OF THE LABOR ACTION PLAN OF U.S.- COLOMBIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT ( FTA) Principal Points of the … Read More »
The Paradoxes of Peace in Colombia
(Translated by Rudy Heller, a CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: marcha.org.ar Link: http://www.marcha.org.ar/index.php/elmundo/america-latina-caribe/117-colombia/5387-las-paradojas-de-la-paz-en-colombia by Jesús Antonio Reyes 7/2/2014 The real question, … Read More »
The Pacific Alliance—Control and Rearrangement of Land Use Law
(Translated by Eunice Gibson, a CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: marcha.org.ar Link: http://www.marcha.org.ar/index.php/elmundo/america-latina-caribe/5347-alianza-del-pacifico-control-y-reordenamiento-territorial by Fernando Arellano Ortiz* Monday, June 30, 2014 … Read More »
The Results of Free Trade Are Worse Than Expected
(Translated by Emily Schmitz, a CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: TLC al Desnudo Link: http://tlcaldesnudo.com/informe-3-los-resultados-de-los-tlc-son-peores-de-lo-esperado-aunque-el-gobierno-intente-ocultarlos/ Report 3: Although the Government tries … Read More »
A MOMENT OF TRUTH
We in the United States are now experiencing both a federal government shutdown and a threat to exceed the debt … Read More »
THE PEOPLE MUST BE HEARD
For several weeks Colombia’s countryside has been alive with protests of campesinos, union members, small-scale (artisan) miners and others who … Read More »
The case of the vueltiao sombrero: so much for so-called “free trade”!
(Translated by Buddy Bell, a CSN volunteer translator) Source : Polo Democrático’s email The missive that Clara López Obregón sent … Read More »