Open AccessEs gibt Alternativen zur ALCA
Author(s) -
Ana Laura Torrentes García
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
prokla
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2700-0311
pISSN - 0342-8176
DOI - 10.32387/prokla.v36i142.572
Subject(s) - latin americans , negotiation , political science , government (linguistics) , social movement , regional integration , resistance (ecology) , free trade agreement , development economics , economy , international trade , political economy , free trade , sociology , economics , politics , law , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , biology
The Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) could not be set up in the way and time the US-Government firstly wanted. Among others, one of the main reasons was the wide spread network resistance that involved trade unions, social movements and grass roots organizations from North and South America, who worked together to pressure their governments to stop negotiations. A new space for action has emerged in the last few years with the election of left-wing Presidents in South America, converging interest of governments with demands from social movements to overcome neoliberal regional integration. A concrete alternative project against FTAA came up from the cooperation agreement between Venezuela und Cuba, but extended to other countries: The "bolivarian" Alternative for the Americas and Caribbean (ALBA) seeks to establish solidary ways of integration in Latin America.