From Cancún to Miami / From the WTO to the FTAA
Bertha Caceres, co-founder of COPINH (Honduras)
Thursday, November 6, 7 pm, in MIT Room 54-100
Brazil elects a LEFTIST president ... The economy of
Argentina IMPLODES ... Venezuela's poor descend on
Caracas and REVERSE a coup d'état ... World Trade
Organization talks in Mexico COLLAPSE without agreement
... a popular uprising in Bolivia forces the president
to FLEE to the USA ... While the "War on Terror" rages
around the world, what's happening in the United States'
"back yard"? Come hear Bertha Cáceres, activist leader
of COPINH, address these issues and more.
On this speaking tour, Ms. Caceres discusses various
issues associated with "globalization," including the
effects of the "free trade" development model on indigenous
rights; development policy and the environment;
and the development vision and policies of the FTAA
(Free Trade Area of the Americas) and the WTO (World
Trade Organization). Ms. Caceres' tour will take her
to the FTAA summit meeting in Miami (Nov. 17-22), where
she will participate in education, alliance building,
and protest activities.
About Bertha Cáceres And COPINH
Ms. Caceres is a leader among the campesino and Lenca
people in western Honduras. She is a co-founder of
COPINH, the Council of Popular and Indigenous
Organizations, Honduras.
A mother of four, Ms. Caceres works to build and
strengthen alliances among Indigenous and Afro-
Caribbean groups that defend the rights of indigenous
and poor campesinos throughout Honduras, Central
America and the Americas. She has traveled extensively
across the Hemisphere, speaking on issues of global
poverty, racism and repression.
The group she co-founded, COPINH, deals with such
issues as the impunity of large land-owners and the
forced eviction of campesinos (ladino and indigenous);
illegally de-forestation by private corporations; the
proposed World Bank-funded dam (El Tigre) to be built
near the Honduran/Salvadoran border that would displace
up to 10,000 Honduran campesinos; and compensation for
victims of human rights violations committed by the
Honduran state.
This event is co-sponsored by: The MIT Women's Studies
Program, The Technology and Culture Forum, Students for
Labor Justice, the Social Justice Cooperative, and the
Program on Human Rights and Justice.
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