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 \nFrom: lwlaura@yahoo.com\nTo: lwlaura@yahoo.com\nSubject: HOLA - Latin 
 American/USA hopes & realities - Sat May 2\nDate: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:27:46 
 -0700\n \nHOLA everybody -\n \nMay is almost here!. And Saturday I hope you 
 can join a bunch of folks in Berkeley for an afternoon finding out about 
 Latin America and the Caribbean, and how it's going with the U.S. There's 
 hope - here and there - and realities!!!\n\nHere are details - Sat, May 2, 
 1-6pm, UC Berkeley [room 110] Barrows Hall.\n 
 \nLaura\n\nlwlaura@yahoo.com\n(510) 986-0879\n 
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 \n \nU.S. Trade Policy & its Impacts on Food, Land, and Immigration\n\n - 
 Panel Discussion, Workshops with leading experts on these 
 issues\n\nSaturday, May 2, 1 PM - 6 PM\n\n\n110 Barrows Hall (highrise 
 building northeast of Sproul Hall and visible from Telegraph & Bancroft) 
 \nUC Berkeley Campus\n \nWHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE\nContact: info@nacla.org or 
 510-525-5497\n\n\nGrassroots groups working in solidarity with Latin 
 America and the Caribbean will come together to assess the recent history 
 of U.S. trade policy toward the region, and to construct an agenda for the 
 future that places the rights of people above profit. \n\n \nA joint 
 conference by:\n \nLASC: Latin America Solidarity Coalition 
 (www.lasolidarity.org) \n \nNACLA: North American Congress on Latin 
 America; Report on the Americas (http://nacla.org/justicecampaign, 
 https://nacla.org/donate)\n\nNot Just Change but Justice!\n \nU.S. Trade 
 Policy & its Impacts on Food, Land, and Immigration\n \nAs we approach the 
 end of Obama's first 100 days, grassroots groups working\nin solidarity 
 with Latin America and the Caribbean will come together to\nassess the 
 recent history of U.S. trade policy toward the region, and to\nconstruct an 
 agenda for the future that places the rights of people above\nprofit. This 
 half-day program will examine how U.S. trade policy has\nimpacted issues of 
 food, land, and immigration throughout the region, from\nquestions of food 
 security in Haiti and Cuba, to biofuels and GMOs in\nBrazil; from NAFTA and 
 migration, to indigenous land rights in Bolivia.\nExperts and movement 
 leaders from throughout the country will participate in \nthis day of 
 learning and action, and work together to create not just\nchange, but 
 justice in the Americas.\n 
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 \n \n\n1pm – 3pm:  Panel discussion (each speaker is 10-12min) \n \n- 
 Introduction: Christy Thornton, NACLA\n \n- CAFTA: Kathy Hoyt, Nicaragua 
 Network\n \n- NAFTA: David Bacon, photojournalist, author of Illegal People 
 \n \n- US Trade Policy and Immigration: Colin Raja, National Network on 
 Immigrant and Refugee Rights \n \n- Agrarian and Land Reform: Angus Wright 
 \n \n- Biofuels and agrobusiness: Eric Holt Giménez, Food First\n \n- 
 Indigenous issues/mega projects: Maria Ramos, NISGUA \n \n- U.S. trade and 
 relations with Venezuela: MARTIN SANCHEZ, Consular General, Consulate of 
 Venezuela, San Francisco\n 
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 – 5pm:  Workshops\n \n- Constructing alternatives in food, land, and 
 trade: Bolivia, Venezuela, and Ecuador \n \n• Roger Burbach, Center for 
 the Study of the Americas (CENSA)\n \n• MARTIN SANCHEZ, Consulate of 
 Venezuela\n \n\n\n- Militarization & Counterinsurgency: How Plan Colombia 
 and "Plan Mexico" support the neoliberal agenda \n \n• Mary Ann Tenuto, 
 Chiapas Support Committee \n \n• John Lindsay Poland, Fellowship of 
 Reconciliation \n \n\n\n- Immigration, food security, and US relations: a 
 comparison of Cuba and Haiti\n \n• Delvis Fernandez, Cuban American 
 Alliance Education Fund\n \n• PIERRE LABOISSIERE, Co-Founder, Haiti 
 Action Committee\n \n\n\n- Big soy and ethanol agribusiness in the Southern 
 Cone: /Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay \n \n• Eric Holt Giménez, Food 
 First\n \n• EricaOmena Erickson, Friends of the MST\n \n• Theresa 
 Cameranesi, SOA Watch San Francisco \n \n\n5 - 6pm:  Wrap up and moving 
 forward\n\n 
 \n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nLaura 
 Wells\n(510) 986-0879 - www.laurawells.org \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/01/18592263.php
SUMMARY:Latin American/USA Hopes & Realities
LOCATION:UC Berkeley - Main Campus \n110 Barrows Hall \n(highrise building northeast 
 of Sproul Hall, near and visible from Telegraph & Bancroft) \nPublic 
 parking garage between Durant and Channing near Telegraph Ave.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/05/01/18592263.php
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