Latin America and the original meaning of fair trade
The Fairtrade certified fair trade lives today an important internal crisis: its original principles seem increasingly at risk and mixed, often, with interests of stakeholders that have little to do with the social commitment and struggle of those who preceded them. The very meaning of the words fai...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Repositorio: | Revista EUTOPIA |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/1633 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/eutopia/article/view/1633 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | comercio justo pequeños productores América Latina plantaciones certificaciones. comercio internacional fair trade small producers Latin America plantations certifications. |
| Sumario: | The Fairtrade certified fair trade lives today an important internal crisis: its original principles seem increasingly at risk and mixed, often, with interests of stakeholders that have little to do with the social commitment and struggle of those who preceded them. The very meaning of the words fair trade may be changing due to the entry of large multinational companies whose purpose seems rather a fairwashing issue. However, in this scenario, Latin American small producers are taking a greater role on rewriting, from below and from the South, power relations and rules that dominate the global fair circuits. |
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