[Boston-editorial] new feature: Opposition Mounts to "NAFTA Superhighway" I-69

[Matthew Williams]

I decided to feature this because, although it has no immediate 
connection to the Boston area, it is tied in with NAFTA and the FTAA, 
something likely to interest many immigrant communities in Boston. 
Also, both NAFTA and the FTAA (will) affect the Boston area in some 
fashion, since they involve major changes in the national and 
international economy. -- Matt

Opposition Mounts to "NAFTA Superhighway" I-69
by homefries,

The U.S. government is currently poised to roll out a new strip of 
asphalt all the way from Loredo, Texas up to Port Huron, Michigan. 
Interstate 69, if completed, will stretch over 2000 miles, through 
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, 
and Michigan.

The main purpose of this interstate is to provide a channel for trading 
goods between Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. It would act as a piece of 
the life-support system for the North American Free Trade Agreement (or 
NAFTA) and, if enacted, the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Some are 
calling it the “NAFTA Superhighway”.

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13 Jun 2005 | Filed under: News / Environment : Globalization : Human 
Rights : Labor