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The president of the Federation of Agricultural Workers is currently in Britain explaining that the danger for trade unionists is far from over in the embattled Latin American nation, writes JUSTICE FOR COLOMBIA
Nury Martinez outside Unite's policy conference

THE trade union movement in Britain and Ireland has long stood in support of the Colombian people’s struggle for peace, human rights and social justice.

That solidarity has been concentrated into many important campaigns co-ordinated by the union-funded organisation Justice for Colombia (JfC).

JfC accompanied the 2012-16 peace dialogues between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), Latin America’s largest guerilla movement, and has supported full implementation of the resulting agreement since its signing in late 2016.

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