Uruguay muestra el camino al dejar las negociaciones del acuerdo secreto del TISA

The statement celebrates Uruguay's withdrawal from the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) following a mass mobilization campaign led by unions and social movements. It characterizes TISA as a secret agreement designed to force market openness for transnational corporations, privatize public services, and dismantle state regulatory capacities, specifically targeting sectors like energy and environmental services. The author highlights that the victory in Uruguay was achieved through the use of leaked documents and a broad coalition of civil society, and calls on the other 51 participating countries to similarly abandon the negotiations.

• Uruguay withdrew from the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations after a mobilization campaign involving a general strike and pressure from the PITCNT union, REDES-AT, and other social movements, as the government's political force, Frente Amplio, determined the agreement would undermine national development strategy.
• TISA is described as a radical agreement involving 52 countries—including the US, EU, Turkey, Mexico, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Chile—representing about two-thirds of the global economy, with the goal of forcing market openness and privatizing public services.
• The agreement specifically targets the dismantling of domestic regulation in sectors such as energy services, environmental services, finance, telecommunications, and e-commerce, which the document claims leads to decreased environmental protection and reduced access to health and education.
• The TISA negotiations are conducted in absolute secrecy, with full texts reportedly unavailable to citizens until five years after the agreement's entry into force; the only available information has been provided via Wikileaks.

APA

admin (2015). Uruguay muestra el camino al dejar las negociaciones del acuerdo secreto del TISA. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/uruguay-muestra-el-camino-al-dejar-las-negociaciones-del-acuerdo-secreto-del-tisa/

Chicago

admin. Uruguay muestra el camino al dejar las negociaciones del acuerdo secreto del TISA. Friends of the Earth International, 2015. https://www.foei.org/es/uruguay-muestra-el-camino-al-dejar-las-negociaciones-del-acuerdo-secreto-del-tisa/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2015uruguay, author = {admin}, title = {{Uruguay muestra el camino al dejar las negociaciones del acuerdo secreto del TISA}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2015}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/uruguay-muestra-el-camino-al-dejar-las-negociaciones-del-acuerdo-secreto-del-tisa/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }