Free Trade Area of the Americas - FTAA

espaņol

 
Ministerial
Declarations
Trade Negotiations
Committee
Negotiating
Groups
Special
Committees
Business
Facilitation
Civil
Society
Trade&Tariff
Database
Hemispheric
Cooperation
Program

Home Countries Sitemap A-Z list Governmental Contact Points

 
 

Public
FTAA.soc/civ/138/Add.1
June 17, 2004

Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat

FTAA - COMMITTEE OF GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL
 SOCIETY

CONTRIBUTION IN RESPONSE TO THE OPEN AND ONGOING INVITATION - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 

Names(s) Franciso Javier Marin Boscan
Organization(s) Universidad Del Zulia, Venezuela
Country Venezuela
FTAA Entities addressed
in the contribution		 Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society
 

 DEMOCRACY, INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
UNDER THE FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS (FTAA) AGREEMENT


Executive Summary
 

The study deals with four different areas, namely: 1. Democracy, integration and development in Latin America; 2. The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Agreement; 3. Latin America under the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Agreement; and 4. Other integration models.

Under the first heading, the relationship between democracy, and integration and development is considered, as is the impact of the Inter-American Democratic Charter on democracy, integration and development in the Americas, and the relationship between human rights, culture and democratic ethics.

With regard to the FTAA, certain reference points will be analyzed, such as the contents of the Agreement, the structure and organization of the negotiations, the progress made in these areas, and the perspectives and recommendations of Joseph Stiglitz.

With regard to Latin America under the FTAA, the study seeks to establish whether the FTAA is an integration or control mechanism, or an alternative for development, and to determine its compatibility with human rights and its relationship with democracy.

Other integration models are also considered, and thus reference is made to the European Union as a successful model, and another possible alternative for development and integration.

The study concludes that the necessary consolidation of democracy in the countries of the region could be facilitated if agreements such as the FTAA are implemented through mechanisms geared towards guaranteeing advantages for all the participants, and thus contributing towards their development. If this were not the case, serious problems in Latin America, such as poverty, would to a large extent go unresolved and democracy would therefore be seen to be lacking the necessary strength.
 
countries sitemap a-z list governmental contact points