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Fact Sheets & Reports<\/strong>
\nMembers of Congress Providing Decisive Votes on Trade Deal Receive Jump in Corporate Campaign Cash<\/a> Public Citizen, February 14, 2006
\nCAFTA’s Restrictive Procurement Rules<\/a> Public Citizen
\nCAFTA Rules on Sovereign Debt<\/a> Center of Concern
\nCAFTA’s Assault on Basic Services<\/a> Global Exchange
\nThe Dangerous Expansion of Corporate Rights Over Citizens Rights<\/a> Global Exchange<\/p>\n

Articles & Statements<\/strong>
\nFree Trade’s Dubious Blessings: Nearly Five Years of DR-CAFTA in El Salvador and Its Constitutional Challenge<\/a> TruthOut, October 6, 2010
\nFree Trade Undermining Democracy in Costa Rica?<\/a> IATP, October 12, 2007
\nCAFTA in Costa Rica Would Cause Deepening Inequality<\/a> Center for International Policy, September 24, 2007
\nTribunal Calls for Investigation Into Government’s CAFTA Campaign<\/a> Tico Times, September 11, 2007
\nE-Mail on CAFTA Campaign Ignites Controversy in Legislative Assembly<\/a> Tico Times, September 10, 2007
\nObservers to Watch over CAFTA Referendum<\/a> Tico Times, August 31, 2007
\nTribunal Rules That Arias can Tout CAFTA on Tours<\/a> Tico Times, August 29, 2007
\nUniversity Students Protest Tribunal Resolution On CAFTA Campaigns<\/a> Tico Times, August 22, 2007
\nCosta Ricans Split Ahead of CAFTA Vote<\/a> Angus Reid Global Monitor, August 22, 2007
\nMost Decided Voters Oppose CAFTA in Costa Rica<\/a> Angus Reid Global Monitor, August 7, 2007<\/p>\n

Costa Rican Voters Would Ratify CAFTA<\/a> Angus Reid Global Monitor, August 6, 2007
\nCosta Rica CAFTA Referendum Conditional<\/a> Prensa Latina, July 12, 2007
\nImplementation of CAFTA Used to Further Expand Corporate Rights in Central America<\/a> Stop CAFTA Coaltion, January 11, 2006
\nCAFTA Likely to Hurt Poor Central Americans<\/a> National Catholic Reporter, November 11, 2005
\nNew Hampshire Got Caught in CAFTA’s Lobster Trap<\/a> Concord Monitor, September 5, 2005
\nStatement of UNITE-HERE President on CAFTA Final Vote<\/a> August, 1, 2005
\nDemocracy Sold Out- CAFTA Approved by Pork & A Hill of Beans<\/a> Global Exchange, July 29, 2005
\nTurning the CAFTA Loss to A Win<\/a> Independent Media Institute, July 28, 2005
\nCAFTA Vote Continues Outsourcing American Jobs & Agriculture<\/a> Western Organization of Resource Councils, July 28, 2005
\nState Legislators from 21 States Launch Anti-CAFTA Effort<\/a> Public Citizen, July 14, 2005<\/p>\n

U.S. Rhetoric at the OAS Out of Touch with the Americas<\/a> Foreign Policy in Focus, June 21, 2005
\nBush at OAS: Same Old “Free Trade” Tune<\/a> Global Exchange, June 8, 2005
\n<\/a>Cautionary Tale for CAFTA Nations<\/a> Public Citizen, November 13, 2004
\nPrevent Preemption of State Procurement Policy by Trade Agreement Terms<\/a> Public Citizen, July 2, 2004<\/p>\n

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