RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO analyse how the US has consistently negotiated in bad faith to secure the element of surprise in military attack
IN THE world’s most dangerous country for labour organising, teacher trade unionists are regularly in the firing line.
Since the start of 2018, close to 35 Colombian teachers have been murdered and many others forcibly displaced, harassed or threatened.
Yet teacher unions refuse to be intimidated and the country’s largest trade union, the Colombian Federation of Education Workers (FECODE), remains deeply committed to improving conditions for teachers and their students, while also supporting broader social policies aimed at tackling stark economic disparities that affect millions of people.
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM
DAVID RABY reports on the progressive administration in Mexico, which continues to overcome far-left wreckers on the edges of a teaching union, the murderous violence of the cartels, the ploys of the traditional right wing, and Trump’s provocations



