This Week in the Americas Why Bolivia MattersBy Laura Carlsen Bolivia today is an open laboratory. It might seem an unlikely stage for such an ambitious experiment: a landlocked nation of scarcely
Standing Up to NAFTABy Laura Carlsen As the final phase of implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) approaches in January, the debate remains disappointingly stuck in ideologically defined terms.
Dear Friends, Welcome to the latest Americas Updater. Take a moment to check out our latest articles. Adam Isacson writes on the end of talks to free Colombian hostages—complete with a balanced
This Week in the AmericasBy Laura Carlsen Dear Readers, This issue of the Americas Updater provides a vivid sampling of the changes going on in Latin America and the tensions that are
This Week in the Americas NAFTA, Inequality, and ImmigrationBy Laura Carlsen Fourteen years after the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) trade between the two countries has grown, and
Dear friends, The US-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) is organizing a major "Lessons from NAFTA: Building a New Fair Trade Agenda" conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota this coming October 22-23.
This Week in the Americas Plan Mexico and the Billion-Dollar Drug DealBy Laura Carlsen U.S. drug czar John Walters heaped praise on Mexico’s drug war this week, to prepare the ground for
This Week in the Americas The Agrofuels TrapBy Laura Carlsen Agrofuel development has arrived on the global stage. Just this year, the number of declarations, dollars, and development plans that have gone
This Week in the Americas Extending NAFTA’s ReachBy Laura Carlsen Faced with opposition from the left and the right, George W. Bush, Felipe Calderon, and Stephen Harper met August 20-21 in Montebello,
This Week in the Americas Via Campesina Sets an International AgendaBy Laura Carlsen As globalization dictates that Big is Powerful and cultural monotony is imposed from above, small farmers are leaping borders