Oil is tainted with worker’s blood in Puerto Gaitan, Colombia

Projet Accompagnement Solidarité Colombie (PASC)

On the afternoon of December 11, 2012, a hired assassin killed union leader MILTON ENRIQUE RIVAS PARRA.  The event took place in the municipality of Puerto Gaitan (Meta department, Colombia), near the offices of TERMOTECNICA, where he worked as an●●●

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EU lawmakers approve trade deals with Latin America

EurActiv

MEPs approved free-trade accords with Colombia, Peru and six Central American nations today (11 December), giving them permanent access to the EU’s 500 million consumers and offering the EU’s stagnant economy new markets for its cars and luxury goods. Setting aside●●●

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123 garment workers killed in a factory fire

War On Want

More than 120 people died on Saturday after a fire broke out in a nine-store garment factory just outside of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. Fire-fighter officials rescued hundreds of workers that took shelter on the roof of the factory but were●●●

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