Stop Peru FTA
Campaign to Repeal
the Peru Free Trade Agreement

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What's Wrong with the Peru FTA?: An Intro

Voices in Opposition to the Peru Free Trade Agreement

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The US-Peru Free Trade Agreement is a bad deal for workers, the Amazon rainforest, the Andes, family farmers, social security beneficiaries, indigenous people, wildlife, farmed animals, people with AIDS, and anyone who wants safe food and clean water! Learn more and take action to repeal this terrible trade agreement!

4 Farmers Murdered Protesting Peru FTA!
700 Arrested!
State of Emergency Declared in 8 Peruvian Regions!
TAKE ACTION TO REPEAL THE PERU FTA!

Solidarity Actions

TRADE JUSTICE ACTIVISTS CHAINED TO DOOR SHUT DOWN HILLARY CLINTON’S OFFICE BUILDING – PROTESTING MURDER OF PERUVIAN FARMERS KILLED PROTESTING CLINTON SUPPORTED PERU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NYC)

Trade Justice Activists in New York, Lima, Chicago Protest Killing and Mass Arrest of Peruvian Farmers Last Week, Slam Clinton and Obama Support for Peru NAFTA Expansion (NYC, Chicago, Lima)

Updates from Peru

"Peru: Four Dead After Government Crackdown on Protests Against US Trade Deal" by Daniel Denvir (Upside Down World, 2/26/08)

"FOUR FARMERS KILLED BY PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT - FREE TRADE IN ACTION" by Carlos Quiroz (Peruanista, 2/22/08)

Campesinos se movilizan contra el TLC (includes video)

Hot Time in Peru by Oread Daily (Infoshop News, 2/20/08)

Three killed in farmers, cops clash in Peru (Associated Press, 2/20/08)

Peru Roads Blocked in Trade Protest (Al Jazeera English, 2/19/08)

New Commentary on the Peru FTA

Drum Major Institute for Public Policy Names Peru FTA One of The Ten Worst Public Policies of 2007

"Politics, Peru and a Presidential Primary?" by Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch (Huffington Post, 1/25/08)

"Senator Clinton's Wrong Priorities" by David Bonior (Huffington Post, 11/9/07)

"Just What We Don't Need: Another Free Trade Agreement" by James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Huffington Post, 12/10/07)

"Peru, Yes; Colombia? Free Trade Agreements: Lessons from Latin America's Recent Past" by Manuel Trujillo, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, (CoHA website, 12/6/07)

"Trade Policy for Sale: Democrats Sell Out to Corporate Campaign Contributors on Peru FTA" by Adam Weissman, NYC People's Referendum on Free Trade

Lost Jobs and Migration: The Real Cost of the Peru Free Trade Agreement by David Bacon (Truthout, 11/23/07)

Peru FTA Passes Senate

Thank or Spank Your Senators for Their Peru FTA Vote!

Statements on the Peru FTA Senate Vote

Organizations

Citizens Trade Campaign

Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Peru FTA Passes House of Representatives Despite Opposition by Majority of House Democrats

Thank or Spank Your Representative in Congress for Peru FTA House Vote!

Senators

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Senator Joseph R. Biden

Senator Robert P. Casey

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Senator Barbara Boxer

Senator Sherrod Brown
Dec. 3(before the vote)
Dec 4 (after the vote)
Senate Finance Committee Hearing Statement (9/11/07) Statement on China Trade Deficit and Peru FTA (11/9/07) Response to May Deal (5/17/07)

Statements on the Peru FTA House Vote

Organizations

Amazon Watch

Citizens Trade Campaign

Fair Trade Mobilization

Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

UNITE HERE

Members of the House of Representatives

Rep. Jason Altmire

Rep. Michael Arcuri

Rep. Joe Donnelly

Rep. Simon Hare

Rep. Hank Johnson

Rep. Mike Michaud

Rep. Heath Schuler

Rep. Betty Sutton

Senators

Sentor Sherrod Brown

Check back frequently! We'll keep updating this site with new resources, information, and action photos and video!
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NYC Metro People's Referendum on Free Trade
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