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    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[El proceso ha tenido un efecto ya evidente. Y es que se han activado y están muy empoderados los sindicatos más ligados al Partido Comunista, que ahora se llama Marcha Patriótica]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/24/colombia-drummond-idUSL1N0FT24S20130724">
    <title>UPDATE 3-Drummond's Colombia coal miners go on unlimited strike | Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2013-07-24T10:00:58+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/24/colombia-drummond-idUSL1N0FT24S20130724</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workers at the Colombian operations of U.S. coal miner Drummond went on indefinite strike late Tuesday]]></description>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:fdfce1df10c6/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/News-Briefs/Murder-of-union-leaders-in-Colombia-among-problems-facing-Alabama-coal-tycoon-Drummond_Thursday-July-18-2013">
    <title>Murder of union leaders in Colombia among problems facing Alabama coal tycoon Drummond / News Briefs / More news / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times</title>
    <dc:date>2013-07-19T11:59:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.ticotimes.net/More-news/News-Briefs/Murder-of-union-leaders-in-Colombia-among-problems-facing-Alabama-coal-tycoon-Drummond_Thursday-July-18-2013</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A labor lawyer charges that Drummond Co. paid right-wing paramilitaries to terrorize the population along the 120-mile rail line from Drummond's two mines to its port on the Caribbean]]></description>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:aaf722eed09b/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/18/colombia-coal-drummond-idUSL1N0FO01620130718">
    <title>UPDATE 1-Drummond coal miners in Colombia vote to strike -union | Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2013-07-18T11:35:42+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/18/colombia-coal-drummond-idUSL1N0FO01620130718</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workers at Drummond Co Inc's coal mining operations in Colombia voted to strike late on Wednesday after failing to reach a deal with the U.S. company in weeks of talks]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/el-ministro-rafael-pardo-responde-wola/345550-3">
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    <dc:date>2013-06-06T16:38:26+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/el-ministro-rafael-pardo-responde-wola/345550-3</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Aunque la carta trata de ser lo más diplomática posible, el ministro se nota un poco molesto e invitó a WOLA a seguirse comunicando bajo un canal directo desde su despacho]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:8f43f237b825/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16737-the-horrific-costs-of-the-us-colombia-trade-agreement">
    <title>The Horrific Costs of the US-Colombia Trade Agreement</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-04T10:15:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16737-the-horrific-costs-of-the-us-colombia-trade-agreement</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A blueprint drawn up decades ago to not only obliterate the insurgency but destroy organized labor and drive huge numbers of rural Colombians from their homes and farms]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:0dde87137eac/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://pazfarc-ep.blogspot.com/2013/06/comunicado-estdo-mayor-central-rechazo-rotundo-a-afirmaciones-del-presidente-santos.html">
    <title>Pueblo Colombiano: ¡Pa´la mesa!_Diálogos de paz FARC-EP: Estado Mayor Central de las FARC-EP_Rechazo rotundo a las afirmaciones del presidente Juan Manuel Santos</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-03T11:08:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://pazfarc-ep.blogspot.com/2013/06/comunicado-estdo-mayor-central-rechazo-rotundo-a-afirmaciones-del-presidente-santos.html</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[No es política de las FARC-EP amenazar, mucho menos a dirigentes sociales y sindicales]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22749771">
    <title>BBC News - Colombian Farc rebels deny threatening trade unionists</title>
    <dc:date>2013-06-03T10:35:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22749771</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Its statement came just hours after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos warned that Farc involvement in the threats could derail the peace talks]]></description>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:21c028120ed3/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2013/05/130430_colombia_sindicalismo_peligros_aw.shtml">
    <title>Colombia: el país más peligroso para ser sindicalista - BBC Mundo - Noticias</title>
    <dc:date>2013-05-02T10:03:10+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2013/05/130430_colombia_sindicalismo_peligros_aw.shtml</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Después de todo, el número de sindicalistas asesinados en Colombia desde 2002 a la fecha ya suma 791 muertos]]></description>
<dc:subject>130502 colombia c-laborrights newsemail</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:c2d045098999/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-wallach/death-threats-remain-ramp_b_3093907.html">
    <title>Lori Wallach: Death Threats Remain Rampant Under Obama's Colombia FTA</title>
    <dc:date>2013-04-17T10:44:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-wallach/death-threats-remain-ramp_b_3093907.html</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Shame on the Obama administration: Two years after it announced its "Labor Action Plan" to grease passage of a Bush-negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA), death threats against Colombian unionists persist ]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/caribe/levantada-huelga-en-cerrejon_12674954-4">
    <title>Levantada huelga en Cerrejón - Colombia Noticias: Actualidad Nacional - ELTIEMPO.COM</title>
    <dc:date>2013-03-12T09:22:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/caribe/levantada-huelga-en-cerrejon_12674954-4</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[La huelga deja más de 172 mil 800 millones de pesos en pérdidas]]></description>
<dc:subject>130312 colombia c-laborrights c-economyandsecurity</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:3bd237b82aee/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-macaray/labor-violence-in-colombia_b_2806855.html">
    <title>David Macaray: Labor Violence in Colombia</title>
    <dc:date>2013-03-05T10:42:41+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-macaray/labor-violence-in-colombia_b_2806855.html</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Because Colombia has convinced the U.S. that the trio of Government-Military-Business represents the only hope of defeating the cartels, we ignore the systematic violence being directed against unions]]></description>
<dc:subject>130305 colombia c-laborrights</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:c57049a7fd2c/</dc:identifier>
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	<rdf:li rdf:resource="https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/t:c-laborrights"/>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.eltiempo.com/vida-de-hoy/educacion/los-sectores-que-mas-explotan-ninez_12620262-4">
    <title>Los sectores que más explotan niñez - Noticias de Salud, Educación, Turismo, Ciencia, Ecología y Vida de hoy - ELTIEMPO.COM</title>
    <dc:date>2013-02-27T11:41:10+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.eltiempo.com/vida-de-hoy/educacion/los-sectores-que-mas-explotan-ninez_12620262-4</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Como ilegal e inconveniente calificó el ministro de Trabajo, Rafael Pardo, la existencia de 1,7 millones de niños y adolescentes que trabajan de forma informal y riesgosa en el país]]></description>
<dc:subject>130227 colombia c-laborrights</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:4cc5cf7c277b/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/aumenta-trabajo-infantil-colombia/334722-3">
    <title>Nación - Aumenta el trabajo infantil en Colombia, Artículo Online</title>
    <dc:date>2013-02-27T11:40:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/aumenta-trabajo-infantil-colombia/334722-3</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mientras en el 2011 había una tasa del 13%, actualmente el 15,4% de los niños colombianos están laborando]]></description>
<dc:subject>130227 colombia c-laborrights</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:cf82e4cb2487/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/24/colombia-cerrejon-attack-idUSL1N0BO1T020130224">
    <title>Attackers blow up trucks at Colombia's biggest coal exporter | Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2013-02-25T09:07:32+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/24/colombia-cerrejon-attack-idUSL1N0BO1T020130224</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cerrejon - a joint venture between Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Xstrata - said it had suffered "a terrorist attack" at its Mina Sur mining area in the northern province of Guajira]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-24/trucks-attacked-with-explosives-amid-colombia-mine-strike.html">
    <title>Trucks Attacked With Explosives Amid Colombia Mine Strike - Bloomberg</title>
    <dc:date>2013-02-25T09:07:00+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-24/trucks-attacked-with-explosives-amid-colombia-mine-strike.html</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workers at Cerrejon, the world’s largest export-focused, open-pit coal mine, walked off the job Feb. 7 in part to demand a pay raise]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:f175e31fe13f/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.arcoiris.com.co/2013/02/bala-en-vez-de-negociacion/">
    <title>Bala en vez de negociación | www.arcoiris.com.co</title>
    <dc:date>2013-02-08T11:59:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.arcoiris.com.co/2013/02/bala-en-vez-de-negociacion/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Los corteros de la caña de azúcar volvieron al escenario. El 29 de enero pasado ocurrió el último episodio de una serie de ultrajes contra los trabajadores del Ingenio La Cabaña (Puerto Tejada, Cauca) ]]></description>
<dc:subject>130208 colombia c-laborrights c-recentviolence cv-cauca</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.el-nacional.com/mundo/Mayor-Colombia-denuncia-amenazas-paramilitares_0_122390616.html">
    <title>Mayor central sindical Colombia denuncia amenazas de muerte por paramilitares</title>
    <dc:date>2013-01-22T10:30:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.el-nacional.com/mundo/Mayor-Colombia-denuncia-amenazas-paramilitares_0_122390616.html</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[La Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia (CUT), la principal asociación sindical del país, denunció hoy amenazas de muerte por un supuesto grupo armado que los declaró "objetivos militares"]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://prospect.org/article/gms-hunger-games-0">
    <title>GM's Hunger Games</title>
    <dc:date>2012-09-11T12:33:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://prospect.org/article/gms-hunger-games-0</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The hunger strike is just the latest in a long history of labor tensions in Colombia]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/14/us-colombia-coal-idUSBRE87D02620120814">
    <title>Colombia coal rail workers vote to end strike, union cries foul | Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2012-08-14T11:20:39+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/14/us-colombia-coal-idUSBRE87D02620120814</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The union -- which has more than 200 members -- said only union leaders could stop the strike and called on the company to make concrete proposals to end the walkout]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/07/assault-on-colombian-trade-unions-continues-unabated/">
    <title>IPS – Assault on Colombian Trade Unions Continues Unabated | Inter Press Service</title>
    <dc:date>2012-07-25T11:34:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/07/assault-on-colombian-trade-unions-continues-unabated/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[According to a new report by the AFL-CIO, of those 37 points, at least nine have yet to be adopted, while the implementation of several others “can be regarded as partial or insufficient”]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/press-release/members-congressional-monitoring-group-labor-rights-colombia-send-letter-president">
    <title>Members of Congressional Monitoring Group on Labor Rights in Colombia Send Letter to President Obama | Democrats -Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives</title>
    <dc:date>2012-05-25T20:22:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://democrats.edworkforce.house.gov/press-release/members-congressional-monitoring-group-labor-rights-colombia-send-letter-president</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[George Miller, the senior Democratic member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, joined other members of the Congressional Monitoring Group on Labor Rights in Colombia in sending a letter to President Obama last week expressing concern]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.semana.com/nacion/van-cinco-hechos-violentos-contra-sindicalistas-valle/177696-3.aspx">
    <title>Van cinco hechos violentos contra sindicalistas en el Valle, Articulo OnLine</title>
    <dc:date>2012-05-25T15:25:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.semana.com/nacion/van-cinco-hechos-violentos-contra-sindicalistas-valle/177696-3.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sin importar el origen de esos crímenes, preocupa que en una región como el Valle donde abundan las organizaciones sindicales y los conflictos laborales con sus empleadores, los activistas se conviertan en el blanco]]></description>
<dc:subject>120525 colombia c-recentviolence cv-valledelcauca c-laborrights</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:ee0480da6b47/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hoh7LKFad5z-K-Fc0GIcbjGi8rEw?docId=cc648b4401a6438d9810e14b31683bce">
    <title>The Associated Press: Gunman misses Colombia union leader, kills brother</title>
    <dc:date>2012-05-25T13:15:10+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hoh7LKFad5z-K-Fc0GIcbjGi8rEw?docId=cc648b4401a6438d9810e14b31683bce</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two other leaders of the union, known as SINTRAEMCALI, received death threats last month signed by The Black Eagles, a far-right militia, inviting them to their own funerals]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.alternet.org/world/155115/progress_or_promises_free_trade_and_labor_rights_in_colombia?page=entire">
    <title>Progress or Promises? Free Trade and Labor Rights in Colombia | World | AlterNet</title>
    <dc:date>2012-04-24T10:33:29+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.alternet.org/world/155115/progress_or_promises_free_trade_and_labor_rights_in_colombia?page=entire</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The LAP called for Colombia to enforce pre-existing but widely ignored legislation banning the cooperatives. However, as the Rubiales workers testified, in many sectors little has changed]]></description>
<dc:subject>120424 colombia c-laborrights c-uspolicy c-freetrade</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/13085/labor_action_and_inaction_in_colombia_free_trade_deal/">
    <title>Labor Action and Inaction in Colombia Free Trade Deal - Working In These Times</title>
    <dc:date>2012-04-24T10:29:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/13085/labor_action_and_inaction_in_colombia_free_trade_deal/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While the Labor Action Plan of the Washington Consensus might remain mostly on paper, pro-labor action at the grassroots is rolling on, with or without official approval]]></description>
<dc:subject>120424 colombia c-laborrights c-uspolicy</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:d435f55f4c8e/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.alternet.org/world/154964/u.s._cannot_trade_with_a_country_that_tolerates_murder">
    <title>U.S. Cannot Trade With a Country that Tolerates Murder | World | AlterNet</title>
    <dc:date>2012-04-13T09:12:30+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.alternet.org/world/154964/u.s._cannot_trade_with_a_country_that_tolerates_murder</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For us to do so would be to turn our backs on the 30 trade unionists slain in Colombia last year and the six that Justice for Colombia reports have been murdered already this year]]></description>
<dc:subject>120413 colombia c-uspolicy c-laborrights [x]ngodocument</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/a-f-l-c-i-o-chief-sends-criticial-letter-to-obama-on-colombia/">
    <title>A.F.L.-C.I.O. Chief Sends Obama Letter Voicing Concern About Labor Killings in Colombia - NYTimes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2012-04-13T09:12:05+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/a-f-l-c-i-o-chief-sends-criticial-letter-to-obama-on-colombia/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With President Obama scheduled to attend the Summit of the Americas in Colombia this weekend, the A.F.L.-C.I.O.’s president has sent him a toughly worded letter saying that he should not officially certify that Colombia has done enough to stop a decades-long series of killings]]></description>
<dc:subject>120413 colombia c-uspolicy c-laborrights</dc:subject>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:b259f376fde3/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/04/11/colombia-obamas-bloodiest-betrayal/">
    <title>Colombia: Obama’s Bloodiest Betrayal? » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names</title>
    <dc:date>2012-04-12T08:56:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/04/11/colombia-obamas-bloodiest-betrayal/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[If Obama goes ahead with his plans in Cartagena to green light the FTA, Colombian and U.S. workers will lose their last bit of leverage to stem the tide of anti-union violence and defend the rights of Colombia’s most vulnerable populations]]></description>
<dc:subject>120412 colombia c-uspolicy c-laborrights [x]ngodocument</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:462a03c60428/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.semana.com/nacion/aumentan-amenazas-contra-sindicalistas-colombia-pnud/173661-3.aspx">
    <title>Aumentan amenazas contra los sindicalistas en Colombia: Pnud, Articulo OnLine</title>
    <dc:date>2012-03-13T14:25:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.semana.com/nacion/aumentan-amenazas-contra-sindicalistas-colombia-pnud/173661-3.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["La tasa de homicidios es muy alta desde cualquier punto de vista. Hay una tendencia descendente desde 2003, pero todavía no nos deja tranquilos porque en ningún año baja de los 30 homicidios"]]></description>
<dc:subject>120313 colombia c-laborrights</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:1d55f378be8b/</dc:identifier>
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</item>
<item rdf:about="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/colombia/120228/meet-the-new-boss?page=full">
    <title>Colombia's labor co-ops push unions out of the picture | GlobalPost</title>
    <dc:date>2012-03-01T12:09:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/colombia/120228/meet-the-new-boss?page=full</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Many co-ops function as glorified temp agencies providing companies with cheap and docile non-union workers]]></description>
<dc:subject>120301 colombia c-laborrights</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:cab93a19e798/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/08/colombia-coal-murder/">
    <title>Colombia, Coal &amp; Murder » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names</title>
    <dc:date>2012-02-09T11:34:19+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/08/colombia-coal-murder/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For me, that case is a microcosm of all that is wrong with U.S. policy toward Colombia]]></description>
<dc:subject>120209 colombia c-drummondcase c-laborrights c-uspolicy</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/rafael-pardo-en-gira-por-washington_11031821-4">
    <title>Rafael Pardo en gira por Washington - Política en Colombia y el Mundo: Noticias de Política - ELTIEMPO.COM</title>
    <dc:date>2012-01-31T14:48:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/rafael-pardo-en-gira-por-washington_11031821-4</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[El ministro de Trabajo piensa revisar avances del Plan de Acción acordado entre Santos y Obama]]></description>
<dc:subject>120131 colombia c-laborrights c-uspolicy c-freetrade</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/10/26/colombia-tells-canadian-oil-co-to-stop-threatening-to-halt-output/">
    <title>Colombia Tells Canadian Oil Co To Stop Threatening To Halt Output | Fox Business</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-27T10:48:52+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/10/26/colombia-tells-canadian-oil-co-to-stop-threatening-to-halt-output/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Foreign oil companies don't need to be making warnings to the government, because they know there's always enough security to guarantee operation," Mines and Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas said]]></description>
<dc:subject>111027 colombia c-laborrights c-energy</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1E79P26120111026?sp=true">
    <title>UPDATE 1-Colombia increases security at largest oil field | Agricultural Commodities | Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-27T10:48:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1E79P26120111026?sp=true</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Colombia sent 400 additional police to guard Colombia's largest oil field after Canada's Pacific Rubiales threatened to suspend operations]]></description>
<dc:subject>111027 colombia c-laborrights c-energy</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE79O9A320111025?sp=true">
    <title>Rubiales may shut Colombia oil field over security | Business | Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-26T09:51:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE79O9A320111025?sp=true</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The company did not link the violence to the striking workers, but it also described a wider climate of insecurity because of heavily armed criminal gangs operating nearby]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN1E79N1ZM20111024">
    <title>Colombians renew protest of Canadian oil company | Energy &amp; Oil | Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-25T10:35:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN1E79N1ZM20111024</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workers called the latest strike when the company withdrew from negotiations over a salary increase and other working conditions]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/10/05/report-colombia-action-plan-fails-to-end-violence-improve-workers-rights/">
    <title>Report: Colombia ‘Action Plan’ Fails to End Violence, Improve Workers’ Rights | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-06T10:56:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/10/05/report-colombia-action-plan-fails-to-end-violence-improve-workers-rights/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As a result, workers who wish to better their lives by forming a union and bargaining collectively continue to be the victims of threats and violent acts, including murder]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/colombia-oil-minister-idUSN1E7940VV20111005">
    <title>Colombia sees oil output recovering after protests | Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-06T10:52:38+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/05/colombia-oil-minister-idUSN1E7940VV20111005</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Major oil companies in Latin America's No. 4 crude producer have been rocked this year by protests demanding more local jobs and social investment]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.lasillavacia.com/historia/ha-cumplido-santos-el-acuerdo-que-firmo-con-obama-para-aprobar-el-tlc-28173">
    <title>¿Ha cumplido Santos el acuerdo que firmó con Obama para aprobar el TLC? | La Silla Vacía - Noticias, historias, debate, blogs y multimedia sobre el poder en Colombia</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-05T10:56:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.lasillavacia.com/historia/ha-cumplido-santos-el-acuerdo-que-firmo-con-obama-para-aprobar-el-tlc-28173</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[La Silla Vacía revisó los puntos a los que se comprometió el presidente Santos con los sindicatos en estos seis meses]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-haugaard/the-uscolombia-fta-bad-deal_b_983780.html">
    <title>Lisa Haugaard: The U.S.-Colombia FTA: Still a Bad Deal for Human Rights</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-05T10:20:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-haugaard/the-uscolombia-fta-bad-deal_b_983780.html</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More trade unionists were killed last year in Colombia than in the rest of the world combined]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=BFFD73A2-4611-4DA4-B1C8-FA2F2B1976EC">
    <title>Workers' rights a part of trade deals - POLITICO.com Print View</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-03T10:08:05+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=BFFD73A2-4611-4DA4-B1C8-FA2F2B1976EC</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Colombian employers, including a major beverage company, are simply converting cooperatives to other contract forms to continue to prevent workers from exercising their basic labor rights]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/10/02/general-lt-colombia-fta-labor-killings_8712608.html">
    <title>Study: Colombia anti-union violence undeterred - Forbes.com</title>
    <dc:date>2011-10-03T09:59:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/10/02/general-lt-colombia-fta-labor-killings_8712608.html</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Human Rights Watch study found "virtually no progress" in getting convictions for killings that have occurred in the past 4 1/2 years]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/09/26/afl-cio-no-colombia-trade-deal-until-violence-ends/">
    <title>AFL-CIO: No Colombia Trade Deal Until Violence Ends | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG</title>
    <dc:date>2011-09-27T10:07:59+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/09/26/afl-cio-no-colombia-trade-deal-until-violence-ends/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Twenty-two union leaders have been killed so far this year in Colombia, including 15 since the labor action plan went into effect, Trumka says]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo-301860-das-desmintio-cualquier-seguimiento-al-vicepresidente">
    <title>DAS desmintió cualquier seguimiento al vicepresidente | ELESPECTADOR.COM</title>
    <dc:date>2011-09-26T13:10:09+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/politica/articulo-301860-das-desmintio-cualquier-seguimiento-al-vicepresidente</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[El sábado Angelino Garzón pidió al DAS y a la Policía aclarar si infiltró su esquema de seguridad, tras haber sido detenido un sindicalista con el cual estaba reunido]]></description>
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<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:24d9817cd53d/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.semana.com/nacion/campo-rubiales-esta-arde/164697-3.aspx">
    <title>Campo Rubiales está que arde, Articulo Impreso</title>
    <dc:date>2011-09-26T11:04:56+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.semana.com/nacion/campo-rubiales-esta-arde/164697-3.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[El problema entre trabajadores, contratistas y Pacific Rubiales va para largo. El gobierno tiene que tomar más en serio lo que está pasando allí]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2094758,00.html">
    <title>In Colombia, Violent Protests Threaten an Oil Boom - TIME</title>
    <dc:date>2011-09-26T10:25:45+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2094758,00.html</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most of Pacific Rubiales' workforce is employed by contractors and subcontractors, and workers insist that these companies are failing to comply with Colombian laws regarding salaries and benefits]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/09/22/pacific-rubiales-restarts-colombia-operations-after-protests/">
    <title>Pacific Rubiales Restarts Colombia Operations After Protests | Fox Business</title>
    <dc:date>2011-09-23T12:47:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/09/22/pacific-rubiales-restarts-colombia-operations-after-protests/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workers and community organizers have argued, and continue to maintain, that the company should pay its employees better wages and provide more jobs to locals ]]></description>
<dc:subject>110923 colombia c-energy c-laborrights</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-12/colombia-sees-protests-as-commodities-wealth-spurs-discontent-.html">
    <title>Colombia Sees Protests as Commodities Wealth Spurs ‘Discontent’ - Bloomberg</title>
    <dc:date>2011-09-13T09:14:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-12/colombia-sees-protests-as-commodities-wealth-spurs-discontent-.html</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Some foreign companies investing in Colombia have abandoned the social, labor and environmental “good practices” they follow in their home countries]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/llano/protesta-de-trabajadores-petroleros-_10339893-4?">
    <title>Protesta de trabajadores petroleros - Colombia Noticias: Actualidad Nacional - ELTIEMPO.COM</title>
    <dc:date>2011-09-12T09:25:13+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/llano/protesta-de-trabajadores-petroleros-_10339893-4?</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Casi 500 manifestantes, armados con piedras y palos, se tomaron ayer las calles de Barranca de Upía (Meta), que desde hace una semana es escenario de fuertes protestas de trabajadores petroleros]]></description>
<dc:subject>110912 colombia c-politicsandsecurity c-laborrights</dc:subject>
<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
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<item rdf:about="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/money/2011/07/20/thousands-oil-workers-protest-in-colombia/">
    <title>Thousands of oil workers protest in Colombia - Fox News Latino</title>
    <dc:date>2011-07-21T13:49:01+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/money/2011/07/20/thousands-oil-workers-protest-in-colombia/</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Workers are "very dissatisfied" with current conditions in the oil industry, according to the mayor of Puerto Gaitan]]></description>
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<dc:source>https://pinboard.in/</dc:source>
<dc:identifier>https://pinboard.in/u:isacson/b:042dbbd9ee0e/</dc:identifier>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.semana.com/nacion/vicepresidente-pide-fin-protestas-meta-manera-inmediata/160648-3.aspx">
    <title>Vicepresidente pide fin de protestas en el Meta &quot;de manera inmediata&quot;, Articulo OnLine</title>
    <dc:date>2011-07-20T14:10:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.semana.com/nacion/vicepresidente-pide-fin-protestas-meta-manera-inmediata/160648-3.aspx</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[El vicepresidente Angelino Garzón, a través de un comunicado de prensa, hizo un llamado a los trabajadores de la petrolera Pacific Rubiales para que suspendan las manifestaciones que adelantan en Puerto Gaitán]]></description>
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    <title>Michelle Chen: Embattled Colombian Unionists Rally Against 'Free Trade'</title>
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    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[What brought Yanini and other Colombian unionists to Washington is a simple demand that the U.S. simply not continue to do business with a country where speaking out for labor rights can be a death sentence]]></description>
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    <title>Duro choque entre la CUT y la CGT | ELESPECTADOR.COM</title>
    <dc:date>2011-06-09T10:43:29+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.elespectador.com/impreso/politica/articulo-276082-duro-choque-entre-cut-y-cgt</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Para nadie es un secreto que Julio Roberto Gómez, presidente de la CGT, es una persona cercana al vicepresidente Angelino Garzón]]></description>
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    <title>Colombia gana el examen en cumbre de OIT - El Colombiano</title>
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    <link>http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/C/colombia_gana_el_examen_en_cumbre_de_oit/colombia_gana_el_examen_en_cumbre_de_oit.asp</link>
    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Después de 13 años de ausencia, Colombia obtuvo dos puestos en el Consejo de Administración de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo]]></description>
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    <title>Sindicalismo en Colombia - Noticias de Latinoamérica - Mundo - ELTIEMPO.COM</title>
    <dc:date>2011-06-08T10:54:20+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Según datos del CIS, 49 activistas fueron asesinados en Colombia en 2010, lo que representa el 55 por ciento de los sindicalistas muertos en todo el mundo]]></description>
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    <title>Dan Kovalik: The Killing Continues as US Doubles Down on Failed Trade Policies</title>
    <dc:date>2011-06-08T10:31:11+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, in Colombia, at least a dozen unionists have been killed in that country so far this year, with two union teachers killed within recent days, including one in the city of Cali]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Rep. George Miller (Calif.), senior Democrat on the Education and Workforce Committee, and Rep. Jim McGovern (Mass.), said the apparent assassination attempt on Hernán Darío, who represented Colombian sugarcane workers, raises questions]]></description>
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    <title>Ex 'paras' revelan cómo fue el plan contra sindicalistas - Noticias de Justicia en Colombia - ELTIEMPO.COM</title>
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    <dc:creator>isacson</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[En versiones ante Justicia y Paz, han contado detalles sobre el caso Drummond]]></description>
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