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Fact Sheets & Reports<\/strong>
\nThe Tyranny of Free Trade: Wasted Natural Wealth & Lost Livlihoods<\/a>Friends of the Earth, December 9, 2005<\/p>\n

Articles & Statements<\/strong>
\nFree Trade’s Dubious Blessings: Nearly Five Years of DR-CAFTA in El Salvador and Its Constitutional Challenge<\/a> <\/strong>TruthOut, October 6, 2010
\nCAFTA Rules on Sovereign Debt: Cementing the Chains of Debt<\/a> Center of Concern, April 2005
\nAs Global Quotas End, CAFTA Will Not Save Central American Textile and Apparel Industry<\/a> Public Citizen, February 14, 2005
\nCentral American Development: The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the 1990’s<\/a> Inter Action, March 2004
\nMigration and Coffee in Mexico and Central America<\/a> International Relations Center, December 13, 2004
\nWhat CAFTA & Free Trade Really Mean for Nicaragua, and the Rest of Central American?<\/a> Witness for Peace, 2004
\nEl Salvador government considers ban on mining as permit freeze leads to CAFTA arbitration <\/a>Investment Treaty News, September 2, 2009
\nAdministration Announces Intent to Apply Safeguard on Cotton Socks from Honduras<\/a> United States Department of Commerce, January 18, 2008
\nCAFTA in Costa Rica Would Cause Deepening Inequality<\/a> Center for International Policy, September 24, 2007
\nGuatemala’s Kafta-esque Year<\/a> Center for International Policy, August 24, 2007<\/p>\n

Dead-End Trade Deal Nears Dead End<\/a> Center for International Policy, July 25, 2007
\nTrain Wreck in Guatemala<\/a> Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2007
\nLabor Rights in Guatemala Aided Little by Trade Deal<\/a> Washington Post, March 16, 2007
\nImmigrant Surge is Tied to the Failure of NAFTA<\/a> Star Tribune, April 21, 2006
\nPosition of the Salvadoran Social Movement Before CAFTA Goes into Force<\/a> February 22, 2006
\nImplementation of CAFTA Used to Further Expand Corporate Rights in Central America<\/a> Stop CAFTA Coaltion, January 11, 2006
\nCosta Rica’s Trade Deficit Grows as CAFTA Looms<\/a> Tax News, November 25, 2005
\nAnti-Poverty Programs Abound, but Poverty Deepens<\/a> Inter-Press Services, September 17, 2005
\nSay ‘No’ to CAFTA<\/a> Huntsville Times, July 17, 2005
\nLetter from the US-SACU Working Group Against CAFTA<\/a> June 30, 2005 <\/p>\n

Mill Closings Hit Hard in Central America<\/a> The New York Times, March 25, 2005
\nWhy CAFTA Can\u2019t Save Central America from the Textile Quota Expiration<\/a>International Relations Center, January 7, 2005
\nSupermarket Giants Crush Central American Farmers<\/a> New York Times, December 28, 2004
\nPacific Rim v. El Salvador and the Perils of Free Trade in the Americas<\/a> Council on Hemispheric Affiairs, July 30, 2010<\/p>\n

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