Additional AFTA Resources
Trade and War in Colombia
The most up to date resources on the Colombia FTA can be found on the AFSC Trade and War in Colombia campaign website at www.tradeandwar.org.
AFSC Analysis on U.S. Colombia FTA
The U.S.-Colombia FTA: Fuels the Fires of the Conflict
The U.S.-Colombia FTA and its links to militarization is yet another manifestation of the “one-size-fits-all” model that does not live up to the interfaith principles and the AFSC working party document entitled “Putting Dignity at the Heart of the Global Economy”. In addition, given the state of war and largely U.S. funded militarization in Colombia, a new principle is provided that states, “International trade and investment systems should be designed to diminish the likelihood and longevity of violent conflict”. Examples that the FTA does not measure up to the principles are highlighted below. More >
Letter to Congress
Afro-Colombian and Afro-Peruvians Express Concern about the FTAs (11/13/06)
Writing on behalf of 15 million Afro-descendant people, organizations in Peru and Colombia write to the US Congress regarding their grave concerns with the free trade agreements negotiated with their countries. Until there are real and explicitly stated protections for the Afro-descendant communities, the signers urged Congress to vote against the current and any similar trade agreements in the region. Read PDF >
Web resources
Please see the What You Can Do and Other Organizations sections of this site.
- For more trade-related resources on Colombia visit the Alliance for Responsbile Trade site at www.art-us.org
- For more resources on Colombia visit the Washington Office on Latin America site at www.wola.org/Colombia/colombia.htm
- For Colombia-based analysis on the FTA visit the Red Colombiana de Accion Frente al Libre Comercio y el ALCA (RECALCA) site at www.recalca.org.co (Spanish only)
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