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Letter to Obama re NAFTA and Guadalajara Meeting
August 7, 2009
President Barack Obama
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Presidente Felipe Calderón
Dear President Obama, President Calderón and Prime Minister Harper,
As you prepare to meet in Guadalajara, Mexico, it is time to honor your word, listen to your people and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
President Barack Obama promised in his campaign that during his administration, meetings with the leaders of Mexico and Canada would be “transparent” and would involve “citizens, labor, the private sector and non-governmental organizations in setting the agenda and making progress.” (Barack Obama, February 2008). Despite this promise, not only did the definition of this summit’s agenda not include civil society, it has yet to even be made public.
Reports from Nan McCurdy in Honduras
Nan McCurdy, a journalist and Methodist Missionary in Nicaragua, files these reports from Honduras. Follow the linked headlines for audio reports.
Photos of Protest in Trinidad Tobago's Cipriani Circle during the IV Peoples' Summit of the Americas
Photos of Meetings and Panels during the IV Peoples' Summit of the Americas
Day One in Trinidad
Yesterday was our first day in Trinidad, a delightful island with warm, beautiful and generous people at every turn. We had no access to internet today - it is amazing how quickly one becomes
Summit of the Americas: Emerging Themes and Strategies
A growing sense of excitement continues to mount regarding the V Summit of the Americas which begins on Friday April 17th. Many consider that it will be a proof by fire for President Obama, w
Expectations build for V Summit of the Americas
There are high expectations for the upcoming
Cochabamba Image Gallery
We've uploaded some of the pictures from the Presidents' Meeting in Cochabamba, check them out
The Official Summit Opens
Friday, December 9, 2006
The official Summit of heads of State begins today and the President and other functionaries continue to arrive. Opposition parties are attempting to use the opportunity of international press to express their discontent, principally about the voting process for the Constituent Assembly. There are several hundred people who on a hunger strike in Santa Cruz, the location where the Summit was originally scheduled to be held, and a stronghold of the opposition. Also there was an attempt to burn down a government office, when 5 people entered with Molotov cocktails, but they were detained before they were able to ignite them.
