Colombia

International Solidarity Address to the National Conference for the Liberty of the Political Prisoners in Bogotá, Colombia

by James Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice My name is James Jordan and I work for the Alliance for Global Justice and am a member of the Coordinating Committee of the National Network in Solidarity with the Political Prisoners (of Colombia). There is nothing we want more for the Colombian people than an end to…

Colombia Offers Free Trade in Death-A Canadian Perspective

by Kevin Neish  [Kevin is a Canadian human rights activist and unionist who went on an Alliance for Global Justice delegation to Colombia in 2009.  This article is reprinted from Straight.Com – Vancouver’s Online News Source] The ink is barely dry on the Canada-Colombia free-trade deal, which Stephen Harper signed with great fanfare and promises…

AFL-CIO Oct. 4th Call-In Day Against Free Trade Pacts

The following alert was originally drafted by the AFL-CIO. Please see the action component below. Your representative in Congress is considering three dangerous new free trade agreements, with Colombia, Korea and Panama. With more than 25 million Americans desperately searching for full-time jobs, the last thing our leaders should focus on is trade deals that…

False Claims Versus Hard Realities: The Pending Free Trade Agreement with Colombia

by James Jordan With a little more than a year till the 2012 elections the White House and Congressional leadership are anxious to pass pending Free Trade Agreements as soon as possible. They are hoping that their constituents won’t notice what’s going on and, if they do, that they’ll have forgotten by Election Day, 2012.

Interview with Eberto Diaz Montes, President of FENSUAGRO (United National Federation of Peasant Farmers and Farm Workers), Colombia

This interview was conducted with Eberto Díaz Montes by James Patrick Jordan, who also translated it. AFGJ: The National Encounter for the Land and for Peace has been a success in bringing together so many sectors of Colombian society to talk about peace and a political solution to the conflict. Do you believe that this…