Colombia

Colombia, Labor

Colombian Unionists Targeted: Can Three Assassins Get a Government to do Their Dirty Deeds?

August 15, 2012

By Fred Hirsch, Plumbers and Fitters Union, Local 393

More than 11,000 Colombian Prisoners in Hunger Strike-International Solidarity Needed!

August 15, 2012

by James Jordan More than 11,000 Colombian prisoners in 21 penitentiaries are in their 13th day of a hunger strike and other forms of nonviolent resistance

Colombia’s Disappeared

August 3, 2012

by Dan Kovalik (From Counter Punch) The cover of Colombia’s Semana magazine depicts a photo which should warm the cockles of any decent heart: the indigenous people of Cauca carrying an armed soldier, one of many who had invaded their land, away from their town.

United Steel Workers and California Labor Federation Stand Up for Colombian Unions and Peace

August 1, 2012

by James Jordan North American unionists have taken a significant step forward in solidarity with Colombian unionists-one that raises intriguing possibilities for the development of a new kind of worker to worker internationalism.

USAID Grants $3 Million to Solidarity Center’s Bogotá Office–Unionists Want to Know Why

June 25, 2012

by James Jordan (Alliance for Global Justice) The Solidarity Center office in Bogotá has received an unusually large two-year grant of $3 million

USAID Dona (EE.UU.)$3 Millones a la Oficina Bogotá del Centro de Solidaridad–Sindicalistas Quieren saber ¿Para que?

June 25, 2012

por James Jordan, Alianza por la Justicia Global La oficina del Centro de Solidaridad (Solidarity Center) en Bogotá ha recibido un subsidio inusualmente grande de (EE.UU.) $3 millones

Threats Intensify against Colombia’s Largest Peasant Union

May 10, 2012

by James Jordan The US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement is set to go into effect on May 15, 2012, based on the approval given by President Obama regarding Colombia’s “compliance” with the Labor Action Plan. When Pres. Obama talks about improved labor rights in the war torn country, no one must be more baffled than the…

Colombia’s Marcha Patriótica Calls for International Solidarity, Not Interference

May 7, 2012

by James Jordan, National Co-Coordinator for the Alliance for Global Justice The Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia turned out to be an embarrassing fiasco for Pres. Obama and the US delegation. It was mainly marked by the Secret Service prostitution scandal, denouncements of the War on Drugs at every turn, three heads of…

Concern for Liliany Obando in Midst of Worsening Threats Against Colombian Human Rights Defenders

March 21, 2012

by James Jordan The Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ) has received alarming information from the Bogotá-based Lazos de Dignidad (Links of Dignity) concerning human rights defender, unionist and former political prisoner Liliany Obando.

Victory! Colombian Political Prisoner Liliany Obando to Be Freed!

February 29, 2012

by James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice National Co-Coordinator The International Network in Solidarity with the Political Prisoners (of which The Alliance for Global Justice is a co-founder) has just received the wonderful news that labor activist, human rights defender and Colombian Political Prisoner Liliany Obando will be released on bond tomorrow