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> Guatemala has the most unequal land distribution in the Western Hemisphere, with large landholders who comprise only 2% of the population possessing 70% of the productive lands. > Attacks against human rights defenders in Guatemala increased between 2004 and 2005. In 2005, El Movimiento Nacional por los Derechos Humanos documented 224 attacks against human rights defenders, in comparison with 122 attacks in 2004. > On March 30, 2006, the 11th anniversary of the signing of the indigenous accord, tens of thousands of workers, farmers and indigenous people marched in Guatemala City to demand the strengthening of indigenous rights, restriction of open pit mining licenses, and funds for the Ministry of Agriculture to purchase land for redistribution. | |
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Take Action Now!
One Year After CAFTA passes, the Free Traders are still pulling out the same Trojan CAFTA!
The Stop CAFTA Coalition Says: No More CAFTAs
On July 28th, 2005 CAFTA passed by one vote in the United States. Once again,
the free traders are pulling out a CAFTA style model for Peru and Oman. Let
your community, your senators and your representatives know they have choices.
Who needs CAFTA when there are much more sustainable trade models out there?
As these two other free trade agreements are coming up fast for a vote, and
the midterm elections draw near, the Stop CAFTA Coalition is asking everyone
to sign a pledge saying no more CAFTAs and yes to trade justice! Read the pledge
at www.stopcafta.org. Get together a group of people and organize one of the
following activities to use this pledge:
- Ask your group to sign the trade justice pledge and say no more CAFTAs!
You can find the pledge at the Stop CAFTA site.
- Ask your elected represetatives to sign the pledge. If they say yes, have him or her publicly sign it in front of press and constituents.
- Make calls to members of Congress denouncing the Oman and
Peru trade agreements as based on a flawed model.
- Organize a fair trade market to promote
alternative products and models to CAFTA. Use
the CAFTA fast facts and the pledge to educate
others on trade.
- If your
representative
voted yes to
CAFTA, organize
a rally outside
of his or her
office reminding
him or her
of CAFTA’s
impacts.
- Stayed tuned at www.stopcafta.org for an initial report on CAFTA’s impacts in September. This is another advocacy tool for you.
We can do it! We can create a trade alternative that promotes justice– With
your help! Be part of the trade justice movement and say, “No more CAFTAs!”
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