Florida FTAA Leads Mission to the Summit of the Americas in Argentina

HispanicBusiness.com ^ | Nov. 1, 2005 | PR Newswire

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Florida FTAA, Inc. is leading a delegation to the Private Sector Forum taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina and preceding the IV Summit of the Americas "Creating Jobs to Address Poverty and Strengthen Democratic Governance" taking place in Mar del Plata November 4 and 5.

The Private Sector Forum is endorsed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the OAS General Secretariat. About 200 executives from the hemisphere will discuss the role of the private sector in the creation of jobs to fight poverty, the promotion of democratic governance and transparency, education and technological innovation as well as trade, infrastructure and investment. This initiative stems from the results of the First Meeting of the Private Sector Forum which was held in Fort Lauderdale in June during the 35th meeting of the OAS General Assembly.

The delegation is led by Jorge L. Arrizurieta, President of Florida FTAA and includes the following members; Francisco Santeiro, Fedex Express Corp.; Ruben Gomez and Sebastian Gomez of Global Consulting Group USA; Ana Guevara and Pablo Magallanes of UPS and Manny Mencia, Enterprise Florida.

Susan Segal and Matias Zaldua of the Council of the Americas; Kathleen Barclay, President of the Association of American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America (AACLA); John Murphy, Sr. VP for Western Hemisphere of US Chamber of Commerce and Orlando Padilla of General Motors will join the Florida delegation for some of the activities and an additional 30 participants from the United States will compose the total US delegation.

The day before the Forum, the group comprising the Florida FTAA delegation has been invited to a luncheon hosted by Martin Redrado, Argentine Central Bank President and former Vice Minister of Trade for Argentina. Later that evening to a reception at the residence of Ambassador Lino Gutierrez in honor of Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez.

The Private Sector Forum will include the inauguration with H.E. Nestor Kirchner followed by remarks from Rafael Bielsa, Minister of Foreign Relations for Argentina; H.E. Elias Saca, President of El Salvador and H.E. Samuel Lewis Navarro, Vice President of Panama. The three sessions will cover topics ranging from presentations of proposals for sustainable growth to competition and job creation. The luncheon speakers are Vice President Daniel Scioli of Argentina and the Hon. Carlos Gutierrez, US Secretary of Commerce.

"This is a very important hemispheric opportunity for Florida FTAA to continue its effort in support of free trade in the Americas. It is expected that a number of nations will join the United States at this meeting in support of reaffirming the region's commitment to the FTAA. This meeting combined with the prospects of progress in the DOHA round in Hong Kong in early December are important steps to reenergizing the FTAA in 2006," said Arrizurieta.

If progress takes place in Mar del Plata and later in Hong Kong we are cautiously optimistic that a meeting of the Vice Ministers might take place in early 2006 with the final Ministerial meeting taking place thereafter. All leading to the eventual naming of the FTAA Permanent Secretariat and the completion of the FTAA process," added Arrizurieta.

Florida FTAA already has the announced support of Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Nicaragua, and Honduras, while Colombia and Costa Rica will support on a second round and other countries have requested their commitments to support us to be publicized," concluded Arrizurieta.

The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), currently being negotiated by 34 democratically elected Western Hemisphere nations, is intended to be the most far-reaching trade agreement in history. It is an effort to unite the economies of the Western Hemisphere into a single free trade agreement comprising 800 million consumers with a combined gross domestic product of $14 trillion.

Florida FTAA, Inc. is the private-public entity led by Governor Jeb Bush, City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez and officials throughout the State of Florida with the mission that Miami, Florida become the site of the Permanent Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas. Florida FTAA is chaired by Ambassador Charles E. Cobb, Jr. and managed by President Jorge L. Arrizurieta. The administrative offices are located at the Biltmore Hotel Conference Center of the Americas in Coral Gables, Florida. Florida FTAA, Inc.

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May I call everyone's attention to the fact that while governor of the state of Florida, where he is sworn to uphold the United States Constitution, Jeb Bush is actively pursuing its destruction.

Florida FTAA, Inc. is the private-public entity led by Governor Jeb Bush

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Here is where your tax money goes when there is a globalist in the white house.

FIU to use grant to open new center The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $286,209 grant to Florida International University's College of Business Administration to train business executives in Central America and the Dominican Republic.

The grant, combined with funding from Florida FTAA, helps to establish the Small and Medium Enterprises Center of Excellence (SMECE) at FIU. The money from Miami-based Florida FTAA, a group working to locate the Free Trade Area of the Americas administration in Miami, brings the SMECE program budget to more than $379,000.

Recruitment for the initial SMECE program is to begin this month the Miami-based university said.

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They need to be trained at the expense of the US taxpayer, so they are more able to put American businessmen, who don't get the benefit of taxpayer funded business courses, out of business.