Violencia contra sindicalistas: un problema para la firma del Tratado de libre comercio
The International Herald Tribune (Chicago) Anti-labor violence in Colombia imperils U.S. free trade pact
BOGOTA, Colombia: More than 800 trade unionists have been killed in Colombia over the past six years, by government count, yet the number of those murders solved can be counted on one hand.Union organizing can be a deadly activity anywhere but is particularly dangerous in Colombia, where decades of political violence and lawlessness compel some unscrupulous employers to hire assassins. ver más>>  

Departamento de Estado de los EEUU publica reporte sobre Derechos Humanos en América Latina
The New York times ( Nueva York) Human Rights Report Faults Latin America
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Corruption, detainee abuse and deplorable prison conditions were a problem throughout much of Latin America last year, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday, singling out Venezuela and Cuba for having the worst human rights records in the region.The U.S. government's annual survey of human rights practices was released just days before President Bush begins a five-nation tour to a region that has grown skeptical of Washington's own commitment to human rights, after allegations of abuse of U.S. prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.ver más>>  

Escuela Nacional Sindical Country Report on Human Rights violation against Colombian unionist in the year 2005 (Juan Bernardo Rosado Duque, Guillermo Correa, Beatriz Elena Alzate,  Abril de 2006) ver>>   U.S Department of State  Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 (Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,Marzo de 2006) ver>>

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