Jan Rasmussen <7@7.7> wrote:
>
http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2549/html/ieconomy.htm#s141132 Presidents
> Hugo Chavez (l) of Venezuela , Fidel Castro (c) of Cuba and Evo Morales of
> Bolivia speak with the press at Havana's Jose Marti airport on Friday.
> (AFP Photo)
>
>
> HAVANA, Cuba, April 29--The leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia were
> poised to sign Saturday what they call "a people's" trade accord designed
> to counter US efforts to forge a free trade area of the Americas spreading
> from Alaska to Cape Horn.
>
> According to AFP, presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of
> Bolivia arrived in the Cuban capital Friday to prepare for the signing of
> the People's Trade Treaty that will streamline commercial relations
> between the three populist governments opposed to trade policies of the
> United States. Nicaraguan Sandinistra leader Daniel Ortega was also on
> hand.
>
> "It will be a great meeting of three generations of revolutionaries, of
> people representing the three revolutions that we still have to broaden,"
> declared Morales after his arrival at Havana airport.
>
> The Bolivian leader expressed confidence the People's Trade Treaty will
> help promote "just trade, trade that generates jobs, ensures living
> standards and defends human dignity." Morales, who swept to the Bolivian
> presidency on a wave of popular discontent last December, will also
> formally join the so-called "Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas," an
> initiative promoted by Chavez and Castro in an attempt to thwart US plans
> to build a free trade zone in the Western Hemisphere.
>
> Chavez praised what he described as economic achievements of socialist
> Cuba under the leadership of Castro, his key regional ally.
>
> The socialist summit is viewed with some concern in the region as members
> of the Andean Community that includes Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
> fear their grouping could be dealt another blow, if Bolivia decides to
> follow Venezuela's lead and withdraw from it.
>
> Venezuela officially pulled out of the Andean Community this past week in
> protest to its members signing bilateral free trade agreements with the
> United States that Caracas insists threatens the commercial interests of
> Latin American countries. Talks about forming a Free Trade Area of the
> Americas (FTAA) began at a Pan-American summit in Miami on December 1994,
> with the parties committing themselves to wrap up their work by 2005.
>
>
> Jan Rasmussen
And what exactly does this "PTT" consist in?
-- regards, Peter Bjørn Perlsø
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