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

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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