The history of trade in Latin America and Mercosur
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- Mercosur: A Toxic Waste Dump?
- By Dario Montero, IPS, 1 February 1998. Suspicions that
toxic wastes have been entering Paraguay illegally through
a free trade zone in Uruguay rekindle fears that the
Southern Cone may have become a toxic waste dump for the
developed North starting in the late 1980s.
- A Movement in Decline Stands Up to Mercosur
- By IPS Correspondents, 9 December 1998. Labor preparing
to push for a social and labor dimension to subreginal
integration at the 15th Mercusor summit in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil's Central Unica de
Trabalhadores (CUT) calls for a street demonstration.
- Women Gain Their Own Forum in
- By Mario Osava, IPS, 9 December 1998. Reunion
Especializada de la Mujer (REM—Specialised
Women's Meeting) met for the first time to advise the
Common Market Group—the Mercosur executive
organ—with respect to the treatment of issues that
especially affect women.
- Venezuela Insists on Cuba's Admission
to San Jose Pact
- By Luis Cordova, IPS, 6 August 1999. Venezuela will
continue to insist that Mexico agree to allow Cuba and
other nations to join the San Jose Pact, through which the
two countries sell oil to 11 Central American and
Caribbean nations under preferential conditions.
- Seattle fallout drifts south: Organization
struck a chord in Latin America
- By Linda Diebel, Toronto Star, 26 December
1999. The protests in Seattle struck a familiar nerve in
Latin America and galvanized public opinion against global
trade pacts and financial deals. Events in Latin America
already are being shaped by adverse reaction to
globalization. FTAA negotiations.