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Colombia’s rural strikes expand as leftists, minorities and more farmers join
7-May-2014 Colombia Reports
One of Colombia’s largest leftist collective, farmers, indigenous people and Afro-Colombians, united in the so-called Agrarian Summit (Cumbre Agraria Campesina Etnica y Popular) has joined ongoing strikes carried out by farmers, miners and truckers in Colombia’s countryside.
CCTV: Colombian farmers on strike
7-May-2014 CCTV
Farmers and their supporters in Colombia are protesting the so-called free trade agreements that would likely eliminate their livelihoods
In Colombia, free trade brings more poverty and more killings
5-May-2014 TruthOut
Colombian unions and farmers opposed the free trade agreement strongly, and today hold it responsible for increasing poverty while fostering a climate in which corporate rights are paramount and labor rights hardly exist.
Costa Rican legislature ratifies free trade agreement with Colombia
27-Apr-2014
The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica ratified a free trade agreement with Colombia on Thursday night that covers approximately 70 percent of exports from both countries, according to an official source on Friday.
Protest likely on April 28, says Colombian farmer leader
25-Apr-2014 Prensa Latina
Colombian farmer leader César Pachón, a representative of the group Dignidad Papera, said that the movement may take to the roads to protest on April 20 against the delay in goverment compliance with agreements with the sector.
Colombia: Where dockers sell their paycheques for loans
24-Apr-2014 Equal Times
The conditions of Buenaventura’s longshore workers, and the harsh reprisals against them for trying to form unions, dramatically illustrate the failure of Colombia’s Labor Action Plan.
Colombia’s Breadbasket Feels the Pinch of Free Trade
8-Apr-2014
Things are getting worse and worse,” Enrique Muñoz, a 67-year-old farmer from the municipality of Cajamarca in the central Colombian department of Tolima, once known as the country’s breadbasket, said sadly.
Groups decry ’meaningless’ consultation in Canada-Colombia FTA human rights impact assessment process
26-Mar-2014 rabble.ca
This is the third time the Conservative government has attempted to produce an impact assessment of its 2011 FTA with Colombia, as required by law, and each time the final report has been completely inadequate.
Colombia: Farmers protest alleged violation of agriculture agreement
19-Mar-2014 PanAmPost
On Monday, representatives of indigenous communities, Afro-Colombians, and campesinos held demonstrations in Plaza Bolívar, Bogotá, to demand a new agriculture policy seeking solutions to the problem of land access and greater protection from free trade agreements.
Costa Rica & Colombia approve free trade agreement
5-Mar-2014 Costa Rica Times
The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica has approved the country’s Free Trade Agreement with Colombia, a prerequisite for Costa Rica to gain admittance into the Pacific Alliance group, composed of Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile.
Santos’ FTA promises prove false; Colombia’s exports to US drop 15.5%
17-Feb-2014 Colombia Reports
A promised increase in exports to the United States as a result of a free trade agreement has failed to materialize as exports contracted 15.5%, according to Colombia’s statistics agency.
The deadly wages of free trade
15-Jan-2014 CounterPunch
The very same policies which undermined the livelihoods of the approximately 2 million small farmers in Mexico who were displaced as a consequence are devastating the Colombian country side now.
Japan, Colombia kick off 3rd round of FTA talks
28-Oct-2013 Kyodo
The two countries agreed to launch FTA talks in September 2012 and held their first round of negotiations in Tokyo last December and the second session in Colombia’s Cali in May.
Panama, Colombia sign free trade agreement
17-Oct-2013 Lexology
Panama has signed a free trade agreement with Colombia, making a step forward to join the Pacific Alliance.
Colombia, Israel ink free trade accord
1-Oct-2013 Xinhua
Colombian Trade, Tourism and Industry Minister Sergio Diaz-Granados said Monday his country has signed a free trade agreement with Israel that will take effect next year.
Colombian workers’ rights still among the worst, two years after US trade pact
1-Oct-2013 Global Post
he Labor Action Plan was supposed to protect workers, but many leaders see "blatant disregard" for labor protections in Colombia.
Colombia anti-free trade strike brings gains for left
27-Sep-2013 Counterpunch
The struggle has made several gains for farmers and the left, writes Steven Mather from Putamayo.
Colombia is latest addition to pantheon of free-trade follies
19-Sep-2013 The Guardian
The failure of free-trade agreements has repeatedly highlighted the need for more humane, intelligent agricultural interventions
National farmers and social strike gets seeds control law 970 suspended
18-Sep-2013 RNN
In Colombia after 21 days of a nationwide strike by thousands of farmers, blocking more than 40 roads nationwide, protesting farmers forced the Colombian government to negotiate the rejection of a farm bill and the release of detained protesters. Report from Real News Network.
On the national strike and wave of popular disobedience in Colombia
11-Sep-2013 Anarkismo.net
The Colombian anarchist Grupo Libertario Vía Libre wrote and published the following article in late August, in Spanish. Now translated to English.