Comments on: Free Trade With Panama: Some Winners And Some Losers http://www.coha.org/the-panama-free-trade-agreement-separating-fact-from-fiction-and-the-good-from-the-bad/ COHA is an NGO specialized in monitoring Latin American and Canadian Relations for more than 30 years... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:22:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Leila Shelton-Louhi http://www.coha.org/the-panama-free-trade-agreement-separating-fact-from-fiction-and-the-good-from-the-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-34703 Leila Shelton-Louhi Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:13:52 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=4316#comment-34703 The struggle in Panama has intensified exponentially since this article was written. Escalating and unrelenting attacks against the poorest and most defenseless of Panama's citizens, have continued despite the change of regime, forcing native indians from their ancestral homes in order to satisfy those "big business" demands. Rampant human rights violations, uncontrolled environmental abuses -- poisoning water tables, damming rivers and otherwise restricting access to freshwater sources across the country -- along with the enormous and unnecessary risk the canal expansion will take with Gatún Lake, threatening the canal itself, have triggered unprecedented levels of grassroots citizen action groups organizing in Panama, particularly in the province of Chiriqui, Panama's agricultural heartland. The struggle in Panama has intensified exponentially since this article was written. Escalating and unrelenting attacks against the poorest and most defenseless of Panama's citizens, have continued despite the change of regime, forcing native indians from their ancestral homes in order to satisfy those "big business" demands. Rampant human rights violations, uncontrolled environmental abuses — poisoning water tables, damming rivers and otherwise restricting access to freshwater sources across the country — along with the enormous and unnecessary risk the canal expansion will take with Gatún Lake, threatening the canal itself, have triggered unprecedented levels of grassroots citizen action groups organizing in Panama, particularly in the province of Chiriqui, Panama's agricultural heartland.

]]> By: argentinafred http://www.coha.org/the-panama-free-trade-agreement-separating-fact-from-fiction-and-the-good-from-the-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-29512 argentinafred Wed, 27 May 2009 18:20:34 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=4316#comment-29512 Congratulations on an excellent article. One of the very best in recent months. Well researched and well written. Fred Morris fced@aol.com Congratulations on an excellent article. One of the very best in recent months. Well researched and well written.

Fred Morris
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