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Secretary of Labor Solis signs migrant workers rights agreements with Latin American countries

September 5, 2011 By Emile Schepers

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis signed agreements with three more Latin American countries (for a total of six) on the protection of certain rights of migrant workers. The right wing is, predictably, yelling "betrayal".

Impunity reigns in Colombia, Piedad Cordoba leaves

August 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In Colombia, wholesale murder and impunity go hand in hand.

GOP-dominated House votes to defund Organization of American States

July 25, 2011 By Emile Schepers

In another fit of lunacy, the Republican House Committee on Foreign Relations voted to cancel the payment of dues to the Organization of American States.

Unions turn up the heat on Colombia trade

June 22, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

With the Republicans poised to write draft legislation affirming the controversial trade pact between the U.S. and Colombia, labor stepped up its drive against the agreement.

Ecuador’s social spending lifts many out of poverty

June 8, 2011 By Brian McAfee

Since President Correa took office four years ago, 15.851 billion USD has been invested in public works.