Colombia
War zone extends to Colombian prisons
October 31, 2013Negotiators at peace talks in Cuba between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are discussing political prisoners as part of their current agenda item.
Read moreU.S. diplomats not pushing Colombia on workers’ rights
October 28, 2013Overburdened U.S. diplomats are not pushing the Colombian government to live up to its written commitments on workers' rights and other rights that Colombia agreed to fulfill.
Read moreInternational unions demand freedom for top Colombian labor
October 23, 2013International union organizations are joining a drive to free top Colombian labor leader Huber Ballesteros "without delay."
Read moreJesse Jackson visits Cuba
October 4, 2013Civil rights advocate Jesse Jackson, attending a religious service at a Havana-based Baptist church, called for actions to end the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba.
Read moreAgrarian strike in Colombia triggers repression, wider struggle
September 3, 2013Angry small farmers are rejecting free trade agreements Colombia signed with the United States, Canada, and the European Union. Rrural people in Colombia are suffering.Eight million Colombians are hungry,
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