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CAMPAIGNING anti-poverty charity War on Want warned yesterday of a “human rights crisis” in Colombia, where striking farmworkers have been attacked and murdered.
The strike organised by the Agrarian, Ethnic and People’s Commune began on May 30 to demand an end to grinding poverty and a say in peace negotiations with Farc rebels.
It opposes free-trade agreements with the US and European Union and the government’s National Development Plan.
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it
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