500 oil workers in northeast Colombia sent home over ongoing rebel attacks
An estimated 500 oil workers from Colombia’s second largest oilfield, Caño Limon-Coveñas,...
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Oil union leader and wife killed in southwest Colombia
An oil union leader and his wife were killed Tuesday in front of their children in southwestern Colombia. Mauricio Arrendondo and his wife Janeth Ordoñez Carlosama were assassinated during the night by two hitmen on January 17,...
Colombia intelligence agency denies spying on VP
Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS has denied any kind of illegal monitoring of Vice President Angelino Garzon after a union leader was arrested directly after meeting with him, Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported...
Slander trial for Uribe adviser and ex-VP postponed until July
The slander trial for a lawsuit brought by trade unionists against former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s vice president and presidential adviser has been postponed until July, local media reported Tuesday. Former Vice...
‘Aguilas Negras’ threaten groups in Baranquilla
Neo-paramilitary group the “Aguilas Negras” have recently distributed pamphlets threatening journalists, lawyers, trade unionists and political leaders in the Caribbean coastal city of Barranquilla, media reported...
38 Colombian unionists killed this year
Colombia’s Confederation of Workers (CUT) on Thursday reported that the number of trade unionists who have been murdered in 2010 has risen to 38. The CUT called on President Juan Manuel Santos fulfill his promise to...
