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DESCRIPTION:RESIST CAFTA! from the Bay Area to Costa Rica!!!\n\nan event in solidarity 
 with the resistance to CAFTA in Costa Rica\nfacilitated by Francisco 
 Jimenez\n\nSunday, September 30th\n6pm\nStation 40\n3030b 16th Street. (& 
 Mission)\n\nOn October 7th, Costa Ricans will go to the polls for a 
 referendum on whether to accept the Central American Free Trade Agreement. 
 CAFTA has been the focus of the U.S. government in advancing its neoliberal 
 policies south of the border, but has met widespread resistance in Costa 
 Rica. We will watch exerpts of two documentaries from Costa Rica and engage 
 in a discussion about the resistance to CAFTA in Costa Rica. Francisco 
 Jimenez is an immigrant rights activist from Costa Rica who has been active 
 in struggles there.. He will talk about the social and economical 
 achievements in Costa Rica in the past 20 years and present the ways in 
 which people are resisting globalization and capitalism embodied in 
 CAFTA.\n\nA Brief Political History of CAFTA in Costa Rica: 
 http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/910/1/\n\nVideos:\n\nCosta 
 Rica S.A.\nby Pablo Ortega\nThe film explores with satirical black-humour a 
 series of polemical aspects of the The Dominican Republic–Central America 
 Free Trade Agreement, such as the inclusion of war weapons as objects of 
 commerce for Costa Rica, a country without an army, or the incorporation of 
 Central American undersea resources as part of the United States’ 
 definition of territory.\n\nThe film led to a free-speech controversy in 
 February 2006, when five members of the Costa Rican CAFTA delegation 
 menaced channel 15, part of the University of Costa Rica, with severe legal 
 actions if the channel re-aired the documentary. The University has since 
 aired regularly the film without legal consequences.\n\nOro Por cuentas de 
 Vidrio (Gold Exchanged for Pieces of Glass)\nby Pablo Cardenas\nExposes the 
 politics behind CAFTA\n\nImportant: Both of these films, from which 
 excerpts will be shown, are in spanish with no english subtitles. We will 
 do our best to provide translation between english and spanish throughout 
 the event. \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/29/18450564.php
SUMMARY:RESIST CAFTA! from the Bay Area to Costa Rica!!!
LOCATION:Station 40\n3030b 16th. St. (& Mission)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/29/18450564.php
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