SPEAKING TOUR - from the WTO to the FTAA

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>From CANCUN to MIAMI / From the WTO to the FTAA

Rights Action SPEAKING TOUR

WHEN: October 18 ? November 22, 2003
WHERE: Eastern USA: from the NYCity ? Washington DC area, south to Miami
FL.
WHO:  Bertha Caceres, activist leader of COPINH (Civic Counsel of
Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) and Jessica Pupovac,
activist with Rights Action, recently returned from the WTO meetings in
Cancun (Mexico) after spending the summer with COPINH in Honduras.
INTERESTED IN HOSTING EDUCATION EVENTS:  Contact Grahame Russell,
info@rightsaction.org / t: 416-654-2074

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POVERTY, REPRESSION & RESISTANCE TO THE "FREE" TRADE MODEL

Rights Action is pleased to announce this educational tour of prominent
community development and human rights leader Bertha Caceres, co-founder
of COPINH, the Civic Counsel of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of
Honduras, and Jessica Pupovac, a Rights Action activist.  In 2002,
COPINH received the Body Shop Human Rights Award, as nominated by Rights
Action, for their courageous struggle in favour of the rights of the
impoverished majority of Honduras.

Their tour will travel in eastern USA, heading south towards the Summit
of the Americas (FTAA Summit) in Miami, Florida, focusing on:  effects
of the ?free? trade development model on indigenous rights, development
policy and the environment;  ?development? vision and policies of the
FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) and the WTO (World Trade
Organization);  and on community-based struggles throughout Central
American and Mexico for sane, community-controlled development.

Bertha Caceres will be accompanied by Jessica Pupovac from the Guatemala
City office of Rights Action.  Jessica just spent 4 weeks in Cancun
working in collaboration with international organizations and activists
protesting against the WTO.  The tour will end at the FTAA?s next large
meeting in Miami (November 17-22), where Bertha and Jessica will
participate in education, alliance building and protest activities.

INTERESTED IN ORGANIZING AN EVENT?  Contact Grahame Russell,
416-654-2074, info@rightsaction.org

COST:  Rights Action is paying for this tour (budget available on
request).  Therefore, we need to raise funds at each event (amount
discussable), to help pay for the travel, room and board costs.

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