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| | ZNet |Colombia | Why Say No to FTAA |
 | | Besides, the main Colombian exports continued to be â“by far, and as they have always beenâ“ coffee, banana, flowers, oil, gold, nickel and coal, products that are exported with little, if any, processing and shipments of which have nothing to do with the introduction of the neoliberal model. |
 | | What a painful paradox for those fellow Colombians: it is their double sacrifice â“to leave their country and transfer remittances each monthâ“ which allows Colombian neoliberals to pose as statesmen for keeping an economic model that mistreats those Colombians to the limit of their capacity. |
 | | Eugenio Marulanda, president of Confecámaras (Colombian Confederation of Chambers of Commerce), who was present at Uribe Vélezâs meeting with Robert Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, in which it was decided to sign the FTA, correctly summarized the attitude of pathetic submission that characterizes the negotiations between Colombia and the United States. |
| www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=9&ItemID=6887 (8280 words) |
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