Manuel Perez-Rocha

Manuel Perez-Rocha is an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and the coordinator of the Network for Justice in Global Investment.

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News Analysis

Environment & Health

With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters in Mexico

The deal perpetuates the excessive power of corporate polluters to ride roughshod over Mexican communities.

by: Manuel Perez-Rocha,; Inequality.org

January 18, 2020

News

Environment & Health

Mining Companies Use Excessive Legal Powers to Gamble With Latin American Lives

Trade agreements and investment treaties take precedence over local health and environment concerns.

by: Manuel Perez-Rocha &; Jen Moore,; Inequality.org

May 14, 2019

Economy & Labor

Failed Economic Policies Drive Families to Seek Asylum at the Border

Many families detained at the border have lost their livelihoods as the result of reforms that benefit elites.

by: Manuel Perez-Rocha,; Inequality.org

July 1, 2018

News Analysis

What “Free Trade” Has Done to Central America

Warnings about the human and environmental costs of “free trade” went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.

by: Julia Paley &; Manuel Perez-Rocha,; Foreign Policy In Focus

November 24, 2014

News Analysis

NAFTA at 20: The New Spin

In essence, NAFTA advocates have been reduced to saying: ‘so maybe NAFTA didn’t help Mexico reduce poverty or increase wages. But hey! At least it gave it Walmart,…

by: Manuel Perez-Rocha &; Javier Rojo,; Foreign Policy in Focus

March 16, 2013