The Very. Serious. People. in Washington are smarter than the rest of us.  Free trade will give opportunity to the poor, they say.  Never mind the statistics.

Apparently the Peruvian farmers did not get the memo.  This is their response to the Peru FTA.

Peru's government declared a state of emergency after a farmers' protest left at least four dead and more than 700 under arrest.

The government granted the armed forces control over the departments of Lima, Ancash and La Libertad in a bid to free about 1,000 stranded buses after protesters battled police and blocked roads and railway lines, Cabinet Chief Jorge del Castillo said today.

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