Bulletin archive

COLOMBIAN REFUGEES IN THE FRONTLINE

2008-09-09T15:34:25Z

On 1 June 1997, Amnesty International issued a report "Panama/Colombia Refugees: the right to escape from death" urging the Panama authorities not to resume forced repatriation of refugees to Colombia where they faced near certain death. Weeks earlier the New Labour government was elected in Britain, promising an asylum policy that would be faster, firmer and fairer.

Mexico Report - ZAPATISTAS, NEO-LIBERALISM, EMIGRATION AND DRUG TRAFFICKING

2008-09-09T15:30:25Z

The world media gave Mexico its sudden and typically short attention with the colourful site of the balaclava clad Zapatista guerrilla commanders leading there showcased convoy from their hidden bases in the Lacondon jungle to the sprawling metropolis of Mexico City.

WHAT IS THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK?

2008-09-09T15:29:19Z

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has its headquarters in Washington DC.
The IDB is part of the family of so-called multilateral financial institutions that are in reality dominated by the interests of private banks from the US and other rich countries.

THE BRUSSELS MEETING

2008-09-09T15:28:05Z

The European Commission and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) co-hosted this meeting of the Donors Support Group, supposedly to support the Peace Process in Colombia. Tight control ensured that it was mostly a friendly audience. Trade unions were excluded.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MO MOWLAM?

2008-09-09T15:27:17Z

Mo Mowlam has recently returned from her fourth visit to Colombia in the last 12 months. Her capacity in Colombia, as the minister in charge of the government's drug programme, shows that New Labour's principle concern is to appease the US in their attempts to defeat the insurgency and to protect the interests of the multi-nationals.

BP AND PIPELINE DAMAGE IN COLOMBIA

2008-09-09T15:26:24Z

BP's Colombian oil pipeline companies are refusing to pay compensation claims of £600,000 to three hundred peasants. The peasants, from the region of Zaragoza in northern Antioquia, claim that two oil pipelines passing through their farms have caused extensive environmental damage, forcing them off their land. Meanwhile BP sells the oil onto the US market for £7 million a day.

COMUNIDADES AFRO-COLOMBIANOS

2008-09-09T15:25:10Z

Una delegaciÛn de la AsociaciÛn Nacional de usuarios Campersinos Unida y
Reconstruccion ANUC-UR, un representante del pueblo indÌgeno U'wa y del Proceso de las Comunidades Negras, (PCN) o sea las comunidades Afro- Colombianas, visito a Europa recientamente. Su llamada fue para solidaridad internacional. La siguente es un resumen del discurso del representante del PCN, Naka Mandiga.

AFRO-COLOMBIAN COMMUNITIES

2008-09-09T15:23:49Z

A delegation of the National Peasants Association, of the indigenous U'wa people and the Black Communities Process (PCN), that is Afro- Colombians, visited Europe recently. They were calling for international solidarity. The following is a summary of a speech given by Naka Mandiga, the representative of the PCN.

THREE MONTHS IN CAQUETA, SOUTH COLOMBIA

2008-09-09T15:22:08Z

It's hard to imagine how things must look from the point of view of a Colombian Campesino living in the 'red zone' of Caqueta, Southern Colombia.

DOMINGO TOVAR INTERVIEW

2008-09-09T15:20:19Z

WORKERS, PEASANTS, STUDENTS AND INDIGENOUS ALL FIGHT

Domingo Tovar has participated in the social movement for 20 years, first as a student leader then as a trade unionist in education. He has experienced the various phases of Colombia's dirty war.