Home
Archive
Newsletters
Video
Blogs
Discuss
About
Search
Donate
Advertise
  • AlterNetYour turn

Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.


Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.

Advertisement
Advertisement

On AlterNet: cafta

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "cafta"

In El Salvador, Cautious Optimism On What a Progressive Win Would Mean for U.S. Relations

In El Salvador, Cautious Optimism On What a Progressive Win Would Mean for U.S. Relations

Roberto Lovato, New America Media. March 14, 2009.
Bush-era policies like CAFTA and the Iraq War have turned Salvadorans against the U.S. and its allies in the ARENA government.

El Salvador is Poised to Break With the Past; Is the U.S. Ready to Change its Policy Toward Latin America?

El Salvador is Poised to Break With the Past; Is the U.S. Ready to Change its Policy Toward Latin America?

Mark Engler, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 13, 2009.
Washington's past policies in El Salvador have been deadly. With Salvadorians poised to vote for change, the U.S. should embrace it.

CAFTA Wins in Razor-Close Costa Rica Vote

CAFTA Wins in Razor-Close Costa Rica Vote

AlterNetOctober 8, 2007.
That nearly half the public in Latin America's richest free-market democracy opposed CAFTA despite the intensive campaign in its favor should end the repeated claims that pushing more NAFTA-style free trade deals improves the U.S.'s image in the region.

Threats, Dirty Tricks, Fake Polls: Costa Rica Votes Under Duress on

Threats, Dirty Tricks, Fake Polls: Costa Rica Votes Under Duress on "Free Trade"

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. October 5, 2007.
Costa Rica's citizens will soon become the first to vote on a "free trade" agreement, and the corporatocracy is pulling out all the stops to see that they vote its way.

Bernie Sanders: Fair Trade Now

Bernie Sanders: Fair Trade Now

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Huffington Post. October 5, 2007.
Costa Ricans will be the first to ever vote on a "free trade" agreement.