Tens of thousands of workers and anti-US activists rallied Friday in central Seoul in monsoon rains to oppose a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States.

Social movements across the African Continent have started arriving in Accra for the 9th Ordinary Summit of the African Union, scheduled for July 2-3, 2007.

Groups of students, professionals, and unions in Panama are protesting the signing Thursday of a free trade agreement with the US, for considering it an affront to the country s sovereignty and dignity.

Carta de la Red de Coordinación en Biodiversidad sobre la Ley de Protección a Obtenciones Vegetales a la Comisión Permanente de Asuntos Agropecuarios

La demócrata de California Linda Sánchez calificó los acuerdos comerciales con Panamá y Perú como ‘malos’. Las agrupaciones latinas enviaron ayer una carta a cada uno de los 535 senadores y congresistas

Este miércoles 27 de junio, hasta los periódicos llamados serios dedicaron sus primeras planas para destacar el triunfo de la selección frente a Uruguay, en el inicio de la Copa América. Fue el pretexto perfecto para ignorar, imitando una vez más al avestruz, que el día anterior, Lima, vivió una de las jornadas más intensas de protestas sociales que se prolongaron durante todo el día, y culminaron en la noche con un intento de vigilia frente al Congreso de la República

Tens of thousands of unionized metalworkers were poised to stage a strike Thursday for a fourth consecutive day to oppose a proposed free trade deal between South Korea and the United States.

Workers at South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor launched a partial strike on Thursday to join an industry-wide walkout in protest at a free trade agreement with the United States.

As Accra gets set to host the African Union Summit next week, Civil Society Groups and other Pressure Organisations are also adding to the menu of the summit, trade agreement issues on the agenda of Heads of States and Governments.

Las distintas actividades se extenderán por todo el territorio mexicano durante los seis meses que durará la campaña por la soberanía alimentaria en ese país y en rechazo a las importaciones de productos transgénicos y a cualquier tipo de acuerdo comercial, como el TLC, que atente contra la producción nacional de rubros agrícolas y la economía del sector

Unionized metalworkers said Monday they will push ahead with a planned five-day walkout starting Monday, saying a proposed free trade deal between South Korea and the United States will jeopardize their job security.

Malaysian police are investigating the distribution of pamphlets protesting the signing of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Malaysia and the United States.

The Africa Trade Network (ATN) and the Economic Justice Network (EJN) will host a two-day Pan African ‘Stop EPA peoples’ forum’ in Accra from June 29-30.

Los gremios agrarios, sindicales, cocaleros, comunidades afectadas por la minería, pueblos indígenas del Perú convocamos:

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La Confederación General de Trabajadores de Perú (CGTP) va a realizar, al 11 y 12 de julio, en Lima, un Paro Nacional contra el Tratado de Libre Comercio con los Estados Unidos

Un movimiento de organizaciones políticas y sociales en Costa Rica integrado por una diversidad de sectores, esta comprometidos en la lucha por impedir que se ratifique el TLC entre Estados Unidos, Centroamérica y República Dominicana.

Police said Tuesday they have sought arrest warrants for two protest leaders in connection with illegal street demonstrations.

Thousands of South Korean farmers rallied Wednesday to denounce a free trade agreement with the United States, as officials from the two sides prepared to discuss amending the hard fought deal ahead of its expected signing later this month.

Responding to intense and widespread opposition from both US and Korean workers, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is trying to stop the Bush government’s proposed "free trade" pact with South Korea.