Thirst for Profit: Corporate Control of Water in Latin America -What is called for is an international code for the public’s access to a guaranteed supply of water as a basic human right. The Corporate Crusade to Commodify Water Water …
Category Archive: Free Trade
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Testing Time for Obama’s Colombia Free Trade Agreement
-President Uribe to Fortify his entente cordiale with Democratic Majority leader Steny Hoyer Reference to the pending U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement resurfaced in the final presidential campaign debate between Barack Obama and John McCain on October 15, 2008. At the …
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BRIC Countries are the New Kids on Latin America’s Block
Today, the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) are holding their first summit meeting in Yekaterinburg, Russia. These states are the world’s four major emerging economies (constituting 15 percent of the world’s $60.7 trillion economy) and they are set …
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The U.S. and Cuba: Destined to be an Environmental Duo?
•Cuba’s abundant natural resources need to be protected with heightened vigilance •Lifting the trade embargo would open up the possibility for a constructive partnership between Cuba and the U.S. by developing compatible and sustainable environmental policies •With the support of …
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Global Ethanol Summit Highlights Muddled U.S. Policy
Forthcoming COHA research will analyze the regional effects of U.S. biofuel and agricultural protectionism, including the feasibility of Cuban contribution to sugarcane ethanol production (estimated between 2 and 3.2 billion gallons per year), and its implications for U.S. agriculture and …
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