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International Action Needed for Colombian Miners
June 13th, 2006 - Two mining companies, U.S.-based Drummond Coal Company and Swiss-based Glencore International, are now the subject of strikes by aggrieved workers. Two mine union leaders were recently murdered by paramilitaries and more violence is feared. Please support the rights of Colombian Miners to organize for fair and humane conditions. Take action now....
Gold Miners under attack in Bolivar
May 21, 2006 - The Colombian Army has been carrying out joint maneuvers with paramilitaray forces in the gold-mining regions in the south of Bolivar department. These maneuvers are designed to force small-scale miners off their lands and make them available to foreign mining companies, among which are Canadian, English and South African enterprises. Read more and act now...
Protest Repression in Cauca
May 19th, 2006 - The Colombia Support Network (CSN) is outraged to learn of the repressive actions of the Colombian armed forces and police against indigenous peoples and peasants in Cauca province.These people were demonstrating peacefully for their right to life. The Uribe administration responded by sending troops and police who murdered one indigenous representative, injured dozens of others and detained more than 25 leaders of the peaceful demonstration. Act Now...
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Prosecutors to Blame Victims - San Jose
The Peace Community of San Jose de Apartadó reports that prosecutors entered the Villiage on November 12th, acting in an aggressive and disrespectful manner, photographing people and houses without explanation. A Colombian Army General recently told international repersentatives that prosecutors were nearing the completion of their investigation and that evidence pointed to guerilla responsibility for the recent massacre (see report below) of community leaders. Read the community's full statement...
Are Some Terrorists better Than Others?
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In a special to the Vermont Guardian, CSN Program Director Cecilia Zarate-Laun reports on the visit of Colombian President Uribe to Crawford Texas ranch of George W. Bush, the historical context of the demobilization of the paramilitary forces (AUC) and its impact on the victims of paramilitary violence. Read article...
San Jose - CSN Investigative Delegation Report
A delegation from the Colombia Support Network traveled to San Jose in April and has released an extensive report. Read the full CSN Investigative report...
New books
offered in CSN Bookstore
The
Profits of Extermination: How U.S. Corporate Power is Destroying
Colombia
by Francisco Ramirez Cuellar
According to this study, both US military aid and human rights violations are disproportionately concentrated in Colombia's lucrative mining and energy zones, where large foreign corporations use military and paramilitary forces to secure their investments
The
Dispossessed : Chronicles of the Desterrados of Colombia
by Alfredo Molano
Here in their own words are the stories of the desterrados, or "dispossessed"-the thousands of Colombians displaced by years of war and state-backed terrorism, funded in part through US aid to the Colombian government.