CAFTA

US - Central America Free Trade Agreement

Trade resilience: CAFTA-DR remains the ‘engine’ for US beef and pork growth
Central America continues to solidify its position as a premier growth market for U.S. red meat, driven by the enduring stability of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
BHMB mining sues Nicaragua for $80 million, citing illegal expropriation of gold facility
The dispute goes now to a World Bank body after the abrupt takeover of a gold-processing facility now reportedly controlled by Chinese companies.
Honduran and international allies issue statement denouncing Honduras’ return to ICSID
Honduran and international civil society organizations that defend individual and collective human rights reject the new Honduran government’s decision to rejoin the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
USTR signs trade deals with El Salvador and Guatemala
Both countries agree to recognize US regulatory certificates and to protect common cheese and meat terms.
Water defenders celebrate ruling against US gold company’s claim
A major victory against an exploitative corporate lawsuit in Guatemala.
Statement from the Peaceful Resistance La Puya to the Guatemalan and international community in response to the decision of the international arbitration tribunal (ICSID) in KCA v. Guatemala
This is an opportune moment for Guatemala review the commitments it has made in investment treaties and decide, weighing the costs and benefits, whether or not to remain in his system.
Not a border crisis, but a “free trade” crisis
A new report unpacks how decades of corporate-led trade agreements have displaced millions of people, stripping them of their livelihoods and forcing them to migrate to survive.
Honduras fights back against global oligarchy
How an unregulated techno-utopia came into existence and continues to sabotage a nation’s sovereignty.
Crypto bros are trying to bankrupt Honduras for scuttling their private cities
After throwing off its narco-dictatorship, Honduras is trying to take its cities back from US-based libertarians.
USA favors removing Nicaragua from free trade agreement
US Special Envoy to Latin America stated that they were seeking “options” with their allies in the region to expel the country from CAFTA-DR.