Canada’s free trade talks with Honduras draw criticism

[Judi Lynn]

Canada’s free trade talks with Honduras draw criticism
Published On Wed Aug 10 2011

By Olivia Ward
Foreign Affairs Reporter

As Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues his Latin America tour amid global market chaos, he is making stops in countries he hopes will expand Canada’s trade and make it less dependent on the turbulent U.S. economy.

On Friday he lands in Honduras, bringing a free trade agreement closer to completion. But critics say it is an unlikely choice for partnership with Canada.

One of the poorest countries in the region, most of its rural population lives on less than $2 a day. It’s also one of the most violent, with reports of politically linked killings and drug gangs that ruthlessly control poor neighbourhoods.

Honduras has also struggled with international disrepute since a 2009 coup that ousted leftist president Manuel Zelaya. It was followed by a widely criticized election and the installation of a new government headed by President Porfirio Lobo of the right-leaning National Party.

More:
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1037748--canada-s-free-trade-talks-with-honduras-draw-criticism

[Billy Burnett]

1. Great. It's clear, Hondurans are clamoring for maple syrup.

:puke:

[Peace Patriot]

2. Yes, I imagine that Harper loves the U.S. State Department-installed RW government of Honduras.

But I'm getting sick of this Canadian parasitism. Can't they steal countries on their own?

Reminds me of Blair piggy-backing into Iraq on Bushite yahoos, and now BP gets the oil!

I want OUR corporate monsters to benefit from OUR wars and coup d'etats, not these corporate welfare queens of the East India Company!

:sarcasm:

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