Free Trade Agreement Ignores Colombian History of Violence Against Trade Unions
Colombia is widely regarded as the world’s most dangerous place to be a trade union member.
Colombia is widely regarded as the world’s most dangerous place to be a trade union member.
Danelly Estupiñan, an Afro-descendant woman activist and community organizer from Colombia, will be sharing her experiences as community organizer and psycho-social support for women victims of violence in rural and urban areas of Buenaventura, the second most important port in Colombia and one of the most dangerous places for human rights defenders, particularly women.
With cheap imports woven tightly into U.S. manufacturing and retail, corporations have a lot at stake.
An interview with travel writer Michael Jacobs about his most recent book, “Andes.”
It’s nearly impossible to find a legislative or regulatory issue related to food and agriculture that hasn’t been deeply shaped (if not outright written) by corporate lobbyists.
IPS’ Drug Policy Project joins Give Us Names for the DC public premier of thier compelling new film, Leaving La Floresta and you’re invited. Leaving La Floresta is a documentary that chronicles the forced displacement of one Colombian family.
Without any tariffs padding the price of our exports, cheap U.S. grain would flood Colombia.
Forty years after the war on drugs began the fallout from bad policy has had dire consequences both home and abroad.
President Obama is trying to sell free trade agreements as win-win deals. The problem is that most people will only win dubious prizes.
President Obama is reversing his earlier commitment to a new kind of trade relationship with the world by pushing three ill-conceived FTAs.
The international war on drugs isn’t stopping drug use or trafficking — but it is ruining lives. Drug policy expert Sanho Tree on what we can do differently.
The U.S.-Colombia free trade pact would reinforce a system that leaves farmers and consumers at the mercy of volatile prices and markets.
How come your teeth are so long, Grandma?
There’s only one Colombian industry that can potentially employ workers who would lose their job in the wake of a free trade deal.
Scrapping tariffs can hurt poor farmers, and a deal with Colombia might boost coca production.