[news] Canada: A "Third Way" or More of the Same?

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By Augusto Bohórque - July, 06 2008

Canada...negotiated with a country with one of the world's worst human rights record; violence has been perpetrated against human rights defenders, members of opposition political parties and social movements, trade unionists, students, rural peasants and indigenous peoples who are opposed to an illegitimate regime and its policies. Today, Uribe is at war with everyone opposed to him, who he has conveniently labeled as 'terrorists'...[T]he supposed 'good name' of Canada on the world stage is being manipulated to push particular readings of development and democracy. What do they look like? Well, they are no different than those exported by the United States.  


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