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cyu
7th March 2008, 18:35
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/07/7541/

"Colombia remains the most dangerous country in the world for trade unionists, with more of them killed in 2006 than the rest of the world combined. Uribe consistently responds to criticism by political opponents and human rights workers by claiming it comes from the guerrillas. This is the model that the White House has been touting on Congressional junkets to Medellín in its drive to win approval of the Colombia trade agreement."