By Jessica Walker Beaumont, Alliance for Responsible TradeOctober 6, 2007 – the eve before the first ever referendum on a trade agreement As the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement goes through Congress at a rapid pace with little resistance from the very same Democrats who so adamantly took a stand against the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), I am honored to be in Costa Rica to witness a vivacious grassroots movement likely to stop CAFTA’s ratification in tomorrow’s referendum. read more