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CAFTA: The Cost of Free Trade
June 9, 2004
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Frequently compared to the decade-old North American Free Trade Agreement, the new Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, extends many of the same economic policies as far south as Costa Rica. Critics of CAFTA say NAFTA is responsible for high unemployment, a growing gap between the rich and poor, and massive migration from Mexico. While the Bush administration celebrates CAFTA as a leap forward, ordinary citizens from the US and throughout Central America aren't so sure. On this edition, we'll take a look at the potential impacts of CAFTA.
Featuring:
Faustino Chalez, President of the Peten Front Against Hydroelectric Dams; Jorge Mario Sub, President of the Alliance for Life and Peace; Seforiano Caceres de Vaca, President of the Federation of Land, Cattle and Agro-Industries Organizations; Bertha Caceres, Civic council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations in Honduras (COPINH); Santiago Vazquez, regional coordinator for COPINH; Ana Maria Bravona, Nicaraguan Federation of Textile Workers and STITCH; Wendy López, Guatemalan factory worker; Vidalia García, General Secretary of the NB workers union; Mari Mejía, Worker’s Support Center, Guatemala; Rosalina Tuyuc, a Cackchikel Mayan indigenous woman who coordinates CONAVIGUA; Regina Vargo, United States trade negotiator; María Domingo, Mayan activist with Mama Makín; George Barisich, President of the United Commerical Fishermen's Association; AJ Fabre, President of the Louisiana Shrimp Association; Kimberley Chauvin, shrimper.
For more information:
Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras
(COPINH)
504-783-0817; copinh@hondutel.hn
http://rds.org.hn/copinh/
Alianza Por La Vida y La Paz, Peten, Guatemala
APVP@intelnet.net.gt
Frente Petenero Contra las Represas, Peten, Guatemala
fpcr@intelnet.com
Federacion Nacional de Cooperative As Agropecuarias y Agroindustriales (FENACOOP)
Del Restaurante Lacmiel 1, cuadra al este 1 cuadra al sur
Managua, Nicaragua.
0505-278 7037/278 7049; fax: 0505-266 2318
fenacoop@tmx.com.ni
STITCH (Support Team International for Textileras)
1525 Newton Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20010
Tel. 202-265-3790
www.stitchonline.org; stitchdc@earthlink.net
(FESTRAS) Federacion Sindical De Trabajajadores De La Alimentacion Agro
Industrias Y Similares
http://festras.homestead.com; festras@terra.com.gt
Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala- National
Widows Coordination of Guatemala (CONAVIGUA)
8a. Avenida 2-29 Zona 1
Guatemala City, Guatemala
502-232-5642
conavigua@guate.net
http://members.tripod.com/CONAVIGUA/
Louisiana Shrimp Association
PO Box 1088
Grand Isle, Louisiana 70358
985-787-3464; fax 985-787-2965
www.louisianashrimp.org
United Commercial Fisherman's Association
Chalmette, LA
504-276-8232
Mesa Global
www.mesaglobal.net/abccausa.htm
Shrimp Express
5248 Bayouside Drive
Chauvin, LA 70344
985-856-0292 or 985-594-6304
shrimpexpress00@aol.com
United States Trade Representative
www.ustr.gov
Stop Cafta
www.stopcafta.org