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Take Action<\/strong>
\nSend a letter to your representative protecting the lives of people with HIV\/AIDS<\/a> International Planned Parenthood Federation<\/p>\n

Fact Sheets & Reports<\/strong>
\nTrade agreement favors pharmaceutical companies over sick<\/a> Economic Policy Institute, September 23, 2009
\nCAFTA and Access to Medicines<\/a> University of Washington
\nMyths and Realities: U.S. Pressure on Guatemala Regarding Data Exclusivity, CAFTA and Access to Medicines<\/a> Health Gap, February 10, 2005
\nRights Committee Expresses Concern over IP Rules in El Salvador<\/a> UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, June 4, 2004
\nAccess to Medicines at Risk Across the Globe: What to Watch Out for in Free Trade Agreements with the United States<\/a> M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, May 14, 2004
\nThe Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health and the Contradictory Trend in Bilateral and Regional Free Trade Agreements<\/a> Quaker United Nations Office, April 2004<\/p>\n

Articles & Statements<\/strong>
\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
\nInternational Planned Parenthood Federation Urges Congress to Oppose CAFTA<\/a> June 9, 2005
\nPress Release from U.S. & Latin American AIDS Advocates Blasting CAFTA’s Anti-Generic Drug Provisions<\/a> June 2, 2005
\nCAFTA Will Hurt People with HIV<\/a> Boston Globe, May 26, 2005
\nAIDS Patients See Life, Death Issues in Trade Pact<\/a> Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2005
\nTestimony of M\u00e9decins Sans Frontier\u00e8s on IP Provisions in Dr-CAFTA & Consequences for Access to Essential Medicines<\/a> April 2005
\nGuatemalan HIV Patients Slam New Trade Rules<\/a> Reuters, March 30, 2005
\nCAFTA’s Profit Motive<\/a> Washington Post, March 30, 2005
\nGlobal Bully Goes to Guatemala<\/a> Corp-Focus, March 18, 2005<\/p>\n

New Guatemalan Law and Intellectual Property Provisions in DR-CAFTA Threaten Access to Affordable Medicines<\/a> M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, March 11, 2005
\nOxfam Condemns US Pressure on Guatemala<\/a> Oxfam America, February 2, 2005
\nDemocrats Protest Bush Pressure on Guatemala<\/a> Reuters, January 26, 2005
\nCentral America Trade Deal Hits Snag on Guatemala Law<\/a> Bloomberg, January 7, 2005
\nGuatemalan Congress Repeals Law That Restricted Access to Medicines<\/a> M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, November 26, 2004
\nNew Complication for D.R.-Cafta<\/a> Caribbean Business, October 25, 2004
\nCAFTA Side Letter Does Not Protect Access to Medicines<\/a> Center for Policy Analysis on Trade and Health, September 30, 2004
\nLook What’s Hidden in Trade Deal<\/a> The Columbian, August 20, 2004
\nHealth Care Difficult in Central America<\/a> Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 5, 2004
\nAccess to Affordable Drugs: UN Committee Warns El Salvador that IP Rights in CAFTA Must Not Undermine Children\u2019s Rights<\/a> Press release from 3D, June 2004<\/p>\n

Letter on Public Health to Congress and USTR<\/a>U.S. Health Organizations, June, 2004
\nMSF Warns Central American Countries that Signing Regional Trade Pact Will Threaten Access to Life-Saving Medicines<\/a> Press release from M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, May 27, 2004
\nProvisions in CAFTA Restrict Access to Medicines<\/a> M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, February 3, 2004
\nU.S.-Central America Deal Could Block Cheap AIDS Drugs<\/a> Inter Press Service, December 8, 2003<\/p>\n

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