Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
We are very pleased to share that our community will be welcoming two guests in the coming week from Colombia and Cuba. Please join in the learning and sharing! SATURDAY, APRIL 15th, 6-9pm PSU Smith Memorial Student Union 338, Vanport Room. We are pleased to welcome Carmenza Tez-Juagibioy: Solidarity: “For the Earth, For Life, …
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Today, the Colombian General Motors workers disabled while performing repetitive actions under unsafe working conditions again amplified their struggle for justice, chaining themselves to U.S. Embassy. Officials from the Embassy responded violently.
*For background information, please visit www.asotrecol.org GM BLAMES ASOTRECOL FOR THE IMPASSE. ASOTRECOL BEGS TO DIFFER. Q – WHY THE IMPASSE BETWEEN GENERAL MOTORS AND ASOTRECOL? A – One of the reasons for the impasse over ASOTRECOL’s grievances is that GM does not want to acknowledge the underlying documentation presented by ASOTRECOL backing up their claims. Both …
GM Blames ASOTRECOL for the Impasse. ASOTRECOL Begs to Differ. Read More »
The presidential run-off this weekend and talks with the FARC are obscuring horrific violence in places like Buenaventura—and US multinationals are deeply implicated. Michael Norby and Brian Fitzpatrick June 13, 2014 Police in the San Jose neighborhood of Buenaventura have long been accused by locals of collusion with right wing death squads. (All photographs by Michael Norby …
Elections and Peace Talks Won’t Stem Colombia’s Violence Read More »
The Pentagon signed $444 million in non-fuel contracts for purchases and services in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 2012 fiscal year, an overall decrease of nearly 15% from the previous year.
“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.”
“…well outside of the headlines, another industry, one that purports to link Indigenous people internationally in order to benefit from resource extraction, has slowly taken off.”
Dozens of people protested in front of GM’s headquarters in Detroit last week, outraged at the company’s treatment of its Colombian workers.
English language explanation of hunger strike and injured workers, please SHARE!!! Explicando todo en ingles, compartelo!
