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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.

last update: May 2012

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Chavez says South America should unite, reject US trade pacts
27-Apr-2006     AP
South American nations will have to choose whether they want continental unity or individual trade agreements with the United States -- but not both, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday.
US free trade deals leave a bitter taste with Latin Americans
26-Apr-2006     AP
"Nobody who sat across the negotiating table from the United States came out of the talks feeling they got a fair deal," said Peter Hakim, president of the nonpartisan Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington. "And many feel they've been outright cheated."
US free trade accord divides Latin American leaders
26-Apr-2006     AFP
The US free trade agreements "are destroying the CAN," Bolivian President Evo Morales said.
Chavez may consider Venezuela's return to Andean Pact
25-Apr-2006     Bloomberg
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would consider returning to the Andean Community of Nations trade bloc provided Colombia and Peru reconsider their trade agreements with the US.
Colombia suggests FTA with Venezuela -- in exchange for the CAN
25-Apr-2006     El Universal
Colombian authorities on the border with Venezuela have proposed Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez to negotiate a bilateral Free Trade Agreement in exchange for the Andean Community of Nations (CAN).
Macho men and state capitalism - is another world possible?
24-Apr-2006     Centro de Medios Independientes de Colombia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is widely seen to be at the center of Latin America's transformation by building a regional trade bloc through the creation of ALBA and Venezuela's membership in Mercosur to oppose US dominance and its constant push for free trade agreements with Latin American governments. However, the true democratic debate has been silenced in this simplified two-sided fight between the projects of macho men.
Venezeula renounces Cartagena, leaves Andean Community
24-Apr-2006     Scoop
Text of the letter in which Venezuela renounces the Cartagena Accord and withdraws from the Andean Community of Nations, translated by toni solo.
Chávez: Colombia-US trade pact killed the Andean Community
22-Apr-2006     El Universal
Colombian authorities reject Chávez' claims. "The Andean legal framework prevails over the FTA, as expressly provided for in the final text of the FTA," said Colombia Commerce minister Jorge Humberto Botero
Bolivia, Andeans limp, LatAm grows
22-Apr-2006     Prensa Latina
Bolivia has ruled out Friday leaving the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) but agreed the bloc has been mortally wounded by the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) of two of its partners with the US.
Last rites for Andean Community?
21-Apr-2006     IPS
The Andean Community "is dead" said Presidents Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of Bolivia Wednesday, referring to the trade bloc that their countries form part of along with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.