~~~ A little background to the CAFTA situation in El
Salvador! Dominican Republic-CAFTA, which the Bush
administration wanted to include the entire Central
American/Caribbean area, is now just between the U.S.
and El Salvador. The report below expands on that.
And remember: tomorrow, March 1, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
we're gathering in front of the Salvadoran Consulate
at Wilshire and Normandie to vigil, protest and hold a
press conference! 3400 Wilshire Blvd. ~~~~~~~~~
DR-CAFTA becomes ESFTA
DR-CAFTA is the acronym for the free trade agreement
between the
United States, five Central American countries and the
Dominican
Republic. But when it becomes effective on Wednesday,
March 1, it will
only apply to trade between El Salvador and the United
States. As the
International Herald Tribune reports:
Two months after the Central American Free Trade
Agreement was
supposed to go into effect, only El Salvador is ready
to join,
frustrating Washington after a hard-won victory in its
push toward
free trade.
Of the five other countries that agreed to
participate, four have
yet to change a host of laws to bring them into line
with the
agreement, which requires them to open up their
economies to American
trade and investment, dismantle protections for many
local industries
and enforce intellectual-property rights. The fifth
country, Costa
Rica, has yet to ratify the agreement.
President Tony Saca has pointed to El Salvador's
status as the first
to fully implement CAFTA as a symbol of his
government's closeness
with the Bush administration. The free trade agreement
and the
extension of TPS for undocumented Salvadorans living
in the US have
been focal points of Saca's campaign speeches for
ARENA candidates
since he returned from a meeting with Bush last
Friday.
> SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR!
> ~~~~ Vigil, Picket and Press Conference here in Los
> Angeles as El Salvador implements CAFTA tomorrow,
> March 1, 2006.... protesting this insideous trade
> agreement and also the establishing of a "wing" of
> the
> School of the Americas in El Salvador, the police
> training academy.
>
> Wednesday, March 1, 2006 --- 11:00 a.m.
> Consulate of El Salvador --- Wilshire Blvd at
> Normandie.
> ~~~~ 3400 Wilshire Blvd. ~~~~~~
CISPES
Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador
8124 West 3rd Street L.A. Ca. 90048
323-852-0721
Founded: 1980 - 25 Years of Solidarity
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