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Article: CAFTA unites unlikely opponents in New Orleans: from Louisiana fishermen to Pax Christi members, a motley mix turned out to protest a trade agreement they say will spell disaster stateside as well as in Central America.(Nation--Central American Free Trade Agreement negotiations between US, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras)
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- September 12, 2003
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Managua resident Magda Lanuza used to enjoy drinking fresh milk produced on local Nicaraguan farms. "Not any more," says Lanuza sadly. "People in the cities are now drinking powdered milk produced by an Italian transnational company. The indigenous food chain has been destroyed. We are eating imported rice, imported corn."
The company Lanuza is referring to is Parmalat, which began vending a combination of fresh and powdered milk in Nicaragua's capital in 2000.
The access to Nicaraguan markets that Parmalat and other multinationals now enjoy, according to Lanuza, can be directly attributed to free trade policies imposed on her country by the World Bank. ...