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venezuela / colombia / anti-fascism / non-anarchist press Wednesday April 25, 2012 19:20 by WOLA
The Black Eagles paramilitary group sent an extremely troubling death threat to the leadership of SINTRAEMCALI, a trade union in Valle de Cauca, Colombia, on April 21. The threat specifically targeted Jorge Ivan Velez and Albert Quintero, President and Vice-President of SINTRAEMCALI, and included an invitation to their own funeral. The union received the threat one week after President Obama announced that the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement would enter into effect beginning on May 15, 2012, and the threat highlights the precarious situation of labor rights in the country and the dangers faced by those who seek to defend them.
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venezuela / colombia / antifascismo / non-anarchist press Wednesday April 25, 2012 19:16 by WOLA
El grupo paramilitar de las Águilas Negras les envió una amenaza de muerte muy preocupantea los líderes de Sintraemcali, un sindicato en Valle del Cauca, Colombia, el 21 de abril. Jorge Iván Vélez y Albert Quintero, el presidente y el vicepresidente de Sintraemcali, fueron los blancos de la amenaza que les invitó a su propio funeral. El sindicato recibió la amenaza una semana después de que el Presidente Obama anunció que el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre los Estados Unidos y Colombia se implementará a partir del 15 de mayo de 2012, y la amenaza destaca la situación precaria de los derechos laborales en el país y los peligros enfrentados por la gente que defiende esos derechos.
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venezuela / colombia / miscellaneous / non-anarchist press Wednesday December 21, 2011 22:16 by WOLA
On October 12, the same day that the U.S. Congress passed the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a group of over sixty Afro-Colombian victims protested in Bogotá. The marchers, internally displaced leaders from the conflict areas of Chocó, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Nariño and Bolivar, had a clear message, “We are marching for our right to life. The government does not protect us. We are killed, threatened and displaced so that Colombia and outside investors can make a profit off of the natural resources found in our lands. We say no to the U.S.-Colombia FTA.” While it was not uncommon to hear such statements under President Uribe’s reign, it was sobering to hear it under the Santos Administration. read full story / add a comment
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