Executive Council Statement
Stopping the “Miami Model” in its Tracks: Defending Civil Liberties, Demanding Justice
… Bal Harbour, Fla. Last November, trade ministers met behind high fences and under unprecedented security to move forward negotiations towards the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), a plan to create a Hemisphere-wide free trade zone by 2005. President Bush is pushing for an FTAA based on the model of the failed … political leaders to help us stop the "Miami model" from spreading. Our leaders must denounce what happened in Miami, and work to restore our faith in civil liberties here in America. Over the next year, we will be working to pursue justice in the …