Tegucigalpa, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) Honduran social sectors are organizing a protest against ratification of the free trade agreement between Central America and the US, the coordinator of the Popular Bloc, Carlos Reyes, confirmed Monday.
The leader said the protest, to be held Tuesday, will be the first of a series of demonstrations planned nationwide by political organizations and trade unions rejecting the agreement.
"The approval of a commercial agreement between the region and Washington last Thursday will mean more poverty for regional countries," Reyes assured, adding that teachers, students, trade unions, and members of the Popular Bloc will take part in the action.
According to analysts, politicians and social groups, the pact will overflow local markets with foreign products, increase foreign debt, and "swallow" small regional economies.
"Honduran legislators have betrayed the country by approving the trade agreement," Reyes stated.
Honduras is the second country in the region, after El Salvador, which has supported the agreement with the US, signed in May 2004
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