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WNU #1005: Brazil, US Push Haitian Maquilas
The focus that the coup has brought on Honduras might help revive the US-based student anti-sweatshop movement of the 1990s. In a Sept. 25 op-ed, two University of Washington professors, Angelina Godoy and James Gregory, called on the school to “re-examine [its] apparel relationship with Nike,” the US sports garment giant, because of the company’s failure to compensate workers in Honduras.
Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #1005, September 27, 2009
1. Haiti: Brazil, US Push for More Maquilas
2. Honduras: Will Maquilas Survive the Coup?
3. Venezuela: South America-Africa Summit Meets
4. Ecuador: Chevron Tries New Dodge in Lawsuit
5. Argentina: Death Flight Pilot Arrested
6. Links to alternative sources on: Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, Mexico, Cuba, Biodiversity
ISSN#: 1084‑922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Haiti: Brazil, US Push for More Maquilas
During a meeting in Brasilia on Sept. 17, Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim and US commerce representative Ronald Kirk ratified a plan to allow Brazilian companies operating in Haiti to export products to the US without paying customs fees. This would be done through an extension of two US trade acts ostensibly aiding Haitian industries: the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act of 2006 and the HOPE 2 Act of 2008. Amorim told the Chinese news agency Xinhua that the initiative’s goal is humanitarian, "to aid Haiti's economic development through sustainable production activity," although he noted that it would also benefit Brazilian and US companies.
Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) president Armando Monteiro Neto said Brazilian apparel companies had expressed interest in setting up assembly plants in Haiti under the agreement. A group of twelve investors were planning to visit Haiti Sept. 27-Oct. 3 to explore the possibilities. (Xinhua 9/17/09; AlterPresse 9/18/09) [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2009/09/wnu-1005-brazil-us-push-haitian.html
Issue #1005, September 27, 2009
1. Haiti: Brazil, US Push for More Maquilas
2. Honduras: Will Maquilas Survive the Coup?
3. Venezuela: South America-Africa Summit Meets
4. Ecuador: Chevron Tries New Dodge in Lawsuit
5. Argentina: Death Flight Pilot Arrested
6. Links to alternative sources on: Argentina, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, Mexico, Cuba, Biodiversity
ISSN#: 1084‑922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Haiti: Brazil, US Push for More Maquilas
During a meeting in Brasilia on Sept. 17, Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim and US commerce representative Ronald Kirk ratified a plan to allow Brazilian companies operating in Haiti to export products to the US without paying customs fees. This would be done through an extension of two US trade acts ostensibly aiding Haitian industries: the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act of 2006 and the HOPE 2 Act of 2008. Amorim told the Chinese news agency Xinhua that the initiative’s goal is humanitarian, "to aid Haiti's economic development through sustainable production activity," although he noted that it would also benefit Brazilian and US companies.
Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI) president Armando Monteiro Neto said Brazilian apparel companies had expressed interest in setting up assembly plants in Haiti under the agreement. A group of twelve investors were planning to visit Haiti Sept. 27-Oct. 3 to explore the possibilities. (Xinhua 9/17/09; AlterPresse 9/18/09) [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2009/09/wnu-1005-brazil-us-push-haitian.html
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