President Obama is in Mexico for a two-day summit with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Several Mexican, US and Canadian groups are holding an alternate summit to discuss the “15 years of NAFTA’s economic failures.” NAFTA has been criticized for putting small Mexican farmers out of business and spurring waves of immigration to the US, as well as causing American jobs to move overseas.

Dolores Rojas of Oxfam: “It’s time for President Obama to fulfill the promises he made to his electorate. He promised, while campaigning and as president, to renegotiate NAFTA. At this first summit, he ought to start keeping his promise. Mexican President Felipe Calderon should fulfill the commitment signed by his predecessor in the National Rural Agreement to renegotiate said treaty. Canadian Prime Minister Harper should also address the demands of the parliamentary committee and of a growing number of citizens and organizations in his country who share that sentiment.”