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On the Web
- Wikipedia - Free Trade Area of the Americas - Hyperlinked encyclopedia entry includes a brief history of the FTAA along with a bibliography.
- Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA-ALCA) - Official site provides news and information about the process to integrate the economies of the Western Hemisphere into a single free trade arrangement, initiated in the 1994 Summit of the Americas. [English, French, Portuguese, Spanish]
- Protests Delay Start of Americas summit - Anti-globalization protesters clashing with police delayed the beginning of the Summit of the Americas on Friday for one hour. [CNN.com]
- CNN: Police push back protesters as Quebec summit opens - Leaders of countries across the Americas opened talks on a regional free trade pact as police pushed back demonstrators opposed to further globalization.
- Free Trade Area of the Americas - The official home page of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) process.
- Foreign Policy in Focus: Free Trade Area of the Americas - Karen Hansen-Kuhn looks at the problems and gives recommendations on the trade agreement.
- USINFO - Summit of the Americas - News, highlights, fact sheets and information supporting the summit, from the State Department Office of International Information Programs.
- Summit of the Americas: Quebec, Canada - Report of the 3rd Summit of the Americas held in Quebec City from April 20 to 22, 2001.
- Global Exchange: Free Trade Area of the Americas - Frequently asked questions, top ten reasons to oppose FTAA, alternatives, updates, and how to get involved.
- People's Consultation - U.S. component of a hemisphere-wide campaign against the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The campaign includes workshops, public hearings, resolutions, and a national survey.
Wikipedia Articles
- Free Trade Area of the Americas - The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) (Spanish: Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA), French: Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLÉA), Portuguese: Área de Livre Comércio das Américas (ALCA)) was a proposed agreement to eliminate or reduce the ...
- Santiago Summit of the Americas - The Santiago Summit of the Americas was the second meeting of leaders from the 34 countries negotiating for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Held in Santiago de Chile, Chile in April 1998, the meeting was the first attempt in four years to negotiate conditions for the creation of a hemispheric free trade area.
- Miami Summit of the Americas - The Miami Summit of the Americas took place in 1994 and was he first of a series of summits for leaders from countries of the Americas. It led to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
- Quebec City Summit of the Americas - The Summit of the Americas held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on the weekend of April 20, 2001, was a round of negotiations regarding a proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas. The talks are perhaps better known for the security preparations and demonstrations (known as the Quebec City protest) that surrounded them than for the progress of the negotiations.
- Miami model - The Miami model is a term used by political activists to describe the tactics employed by law enforcement agencies during demonstrations relating to the negotiations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) trade agreement. The meeting related protests took place in Miami, Florida in November 2003.