Organizations from Colombia to Honduras to Argentina oppose the further intensification of U.S. military presence in the region, and have been spurred to action.
“The company’s refusal to sit down and talk – the willingness they are demonstrating to turn a blind eye to the hunger strike is incomprehensible. Both show an utter disregard for human life and specifically for the lives of workers on whose backs GM’s profits are made.”
A leader of a group of peasants reclaiming land they were forced to leave by illegal armed groups, was assassinated in northern Colombia said the human rights ombudsman Wednesday.
