OP-ED/The Seattle Medium
Free Trade Agreement: A Campaign of Deception
Sept 25 -- Recently, a group of Colombian officials were on Capitol Hill lobbying your congressional members to pass the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
Nicole Lee
25 de septiembre de 2008
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They extolled the virtues of free trade and the relationship between Colombia and the U.S., promising that free trade will help our communities here and abroad. Afro-Colombian communities make up 26 percent of the population of Colombia, and receive far too little attention in the mainstream imagination. But the truth behind this free trade agreement is a grim reality for black folks both here and in Colombia.
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