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Latin America in film: Catch these when you can

May 9, 2014 By Bill Meyer

Several films by or about Latin Americans stood out at the 13th Annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York last month.

Colombian court turns down political prisoner Liliany Obando’s appeal

April 15, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Obando 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.

Colombian union leaders say killings continue

April 8, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Three 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.

Coffee Brigade will harvest peace, justice and coffee in Colombia

March 7, 2014 By James Patrick Jordan

Alliance 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.

Political jailings, killings mount in Colombia

January 15, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Already assassins had killed activist rapper Gerson Martínez, community leader Giovanny Leiton, Leiton's life partner, and unionist Ever Luis Marin Rolong.