As we have learned from the events of last week in which hard-working taxpayers were forced against their will to bail out Wall Street with at least $700 billion, free markets and free trade are only free to the rich; the rest of us are forced to pay dearly for those markets and trade while receiving little or no benefit in return. Many of us, sadly, must pay for those "free" markets and trade with our very lives. Copyright -- Gleison Miranda/FUNAI A case in point is Peru with which the U.S. entered into a Free Trade Agreement ("FTA") at the end of 2007. Now, less than one year later, the country is in the midst of mass demonstrations and strikes aimed at protesting the fruits of this "free" trade arrangement which, among other things, permits easy access of multi-national lumber and oil companies to the rich resources of the...
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