This was taken on a filming expedition to guatemala, When I landed the CAFTA riots were in full swing.
This was taken on a filming expedition to guatemala, When I landed the CAFTA riots were in full swing.
This was taken on a filming expedition to guatemala, When I landed the CAFTA riots were in full swing.
This was taken on a filming expedition to guatemala, When I landed the CAFTA riots were in full swing.
This was taken on a filming expedition to guatemala, When I landed the CAFTA riots were in full swing.
What concerns do workers have?
As you probably know, CAFTA is a free trade agreement. Guatemala is a very poor country which bases its economy on agriculture. It's manufacturing and construction field cannot compete the free trade; there is an imbalance between exports and imports...Furthermore,
Since January 2009, the AFL-CIO and Guatemalan unions have supplied the Obama administration with new cases of violations and pressed the Administration to ask for the consultations, the next step provided for under CAFTA (the Dominican... The complaint was filed in April 2008 in the last year of the Bush Administration which determined shortly before it left office that the complaint had merit but kicked follow-up action to the Obama Administration. If consultations do not produce satisfactory results, the US government can move to a dispute settlement process which could, eventually, yield a fine against the Guatemalan government that would be used for enforcement....
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CAFTA Weakens Central America's Hand in Mining Conflicts By James Fredrick, on 07 May 2012 , Briefing GUATEMALA CITY -- Goldcorp is one of the many mining companies winning big on the Central American Gold Belt. Amid soaring gold prices, its Marlin mine in Guatemala made $609 million in profit last year, |
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Facts On Textile Provisions in AGOA and CAFTA-DR The urgent changes needed to AGOA and CAFTA-DR would build on two key US trade initiatives that support trade and investment for more than forty-five of America's developing country partners in Africa and the Western Hemisphere - offering duty-free |
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APSS CAFTA-DR Forum to showcase industry expertise Only a few weeks away, the 21st annual Apparel Sourcing Show (APSS) in Guatemala is one stop for insider knowledge on the textile and apparel industry. With a focus on the special benefits in CAFTA-DR, APSS promises a wealth of information on how to |
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Peeling back the CAFTA layers The agreement is between the US and El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic as separate countries. The six countries of CAFTA-DR have 48 million people, are closer geographically to the US than most other |
Nicaragua sets pace for region under CAFTA
Baltodano notes that Nicaragua's exports to the United States have grown 75 percent in the past six years – more than twice the export growth rate of Guatemala, which is in second place in Central America with 32 percent, and more than four times the
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