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This site is designed to provide members of the media with timely and accurate information about all aspects of hemispheric trade issues and the Common Frontiers organization.
Here you’ll find copies of current media releases, background information on important issues, an introduction to Common Frontiers and its members and articles about CF that have appeared in the media.
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Canada should condemn coup in Bolivia
Canada should condemn coup in BoliviaNovember 13, 2019Bolivia’s first Indigenous president, Evo Morales, was forced to resign and seek asylum in Mexico this week following what he described as a military coup. This came after weeks of anti and pro government protests...
Colombianos en Toronto se unieron a la Caminata por la Vida y la Paz en Colombia
Colombianos en Toronto se unieron a la Caminata por la Vida y la Paz en Colombia July 30, 2019 Isabel Inclan Miles de colombianos de 58 ciudades del mundo tomaron las calles el 26 de julio para protestar por el regreso de la violencia en Colombia, pese a la firma de...
More than 130 organizations condemn the criminalization of Abelino Chub, Maya Q’eqchi’, for his work defending the right to land, territory and human rights in Guatemala.
More than 130 organizations condemn the criminalization of Abelino Chub, Maya Q’eqchi’, for his work defending the right to land, territory and human rights in Guatemala. April 25, 2019 Download PDF at www.ghrc-usa.org On Monday, April 22, the Higher Risk Court “A” in...
Trudeau is wrong to back intervention in Venezuela
Trudeau is wrong to back intervention in Venezuela February 4, 2019 Apparently it’s wrong for Russia to interfere in U.S. or Canadian elections, but okay for the U.S. and Canada to pick Venezuela’s leaderLast spring, much of the opposition in Venezuela boycotted a...
Canada vs. Venezuela: The Background Gets Even Murkier
Canada vs. Venezuela: The Background Gets Even Murkier February 01, 2019 On January 26, Canadians learned the extent to which Canada’s “quiet diplomacy” had helped Venezuela’s Juan Guaido emerge to declare himself interim president on Jan. 23, in defiance of the...
2018-05-10 Interview with Raul Burbano of Common Frontiers on the Venezuela Presidential Elections.
Interview with Raul Burbano of Common Frontiers on the Venezuela Presidential Elections. Raul Burbano, from Common Frontiers, is part of a Canadian mission of Labour and Ecumenical organizations which will be in Venezuela to participate in elections observation, and...
Free Trade 101 video from Common Frontiers
Free Trade 101 video from Common Frontiers November 16, 2015 -Voir la vidéo ci-dessus en françaisTrade and investment agreements increase corporate power, erode state sovereignty, weaken democratic authority and are central to the neoliberal framework of privatization...
Canadian MPs support for prisoners’ rights misses the mark on at least one “political prisoner”
Canadian MPs support for prisoners' rights misses the mark on at least one "political prisoner" January 31, 2015 We were delighted to read that your party participated in an event advocating the promotion and protection of human rights on the eve of the first...
AFL-CIO letter to Equitable Origin’s recent certification of the Pacific Rubiales and Quifa production sites of Pacific Rubiales
AFL-CIO letter to Equitable Origin’s recent certification of the Pacific Rubiales and Quifa production sites of Pacific Rubiales The American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial organizations (AFL-CIO) has sent a letter to the president of Equitable Origin...
Extractive Industry and Indigenous People
Extractive Industry and Indigenous People In this video the European Parliament receives a report on a study on extractivism and indigenous people.
