Top 10 Reasons Why Latin American Women Oppose Bush's Free Trade
Agenda Posted on: Monday, November 7, 2005 Bush is branding
Latin Americans' broad rejection of his trade agenda at last
week's Summit of the Americas in Argentina as an attempt to
"roll back the democratic process of the past two decades" (New
York Times, 11/7/05). What Latin Americans are actually rolling
back is the US-driven economic process of the past two decades,
which worsened poverty, income inequality, displacement, and
cultural and environmental destruction. Working within and
alongside the social movements that are sweeping the region,
MADRE's Latin American sister organizations are putting forward
their own reasons for rejecting Bush's trade agenda. Here are 10
reasons that Latin American women reject Free Trade Agreements
(FTAs). 1. Free Trade Agreements Threaten Food Security The US
demands that Latin American governments cut tariffs on US-grown
food staples like rice and corn, while the US continues to
subsidize its own large-sca