Colombia
Colombian court turns down political prisoner Liliany Obando’s appeal
April 15, 2014Obando is a sociologist and documentary filmmaker. A week before her arrest, she issued a report documenting the murders of 1500 FENSUAGRO union members. FENSUAGRO is Colombia's largest agricultural workers' union.
Read moreColombian union leaders say killings continue
April 8, 2014Three years after it was added as a side pact to the controversial U.S.-Colombia "free trade" pact, the Labor Action Plan designed to improve workers' lot and their rights is a failure.
Read moreCoffee Brigade will harvest peace, justice and coffee in Colombia
March 7, 2014Alliance for Global Justice, at the invitation of the Astracatol agricultural workers union of Tolima, Colombia, is organizing a Just Peace Coffee Brigade to help farming families bring in their coffee harvests.
Read morePolitical jailings, killings mount in Colombia
January 15, 2014Already assassins had killed activist rapper Gerson Martínez, community leader Giovanny Leiton, Leiton's life partner, and unionist Ever Luis Marin Rolong.
Read moreChiquita loses legal battle to keep documents secret
December 16, 2013Chiquita Brands International, Inc. has lost a case in which it attempted to block the SEC from releasing documents relating to its payments to a Colombian terrorist group.
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