Today Marks the 10th Anniversary of FTAA Defeat
Today marks the 10th anniversary of Latin America's defeat of then U.S. president George Bush's Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Washington's attempt to create a continental free trade agreement, ignoring the glaring regional disparities, was defeated at the 2005 Mar del Plata summit by Latin American social movements and progressive governments, with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez playing the leading role in the struggle. teleSUR