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Originally Posted by dc_dux
But as far as Bush/McCain and Colombia free trade agreement...absolutely, my conclusion is reasonable...they do not support pre-conditions re: Colombia's state-sanctioned violence against trade unions and NGOs.
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Perhaps I have not read the same information you have seen given your certainty. I have seen conflicting reports of violence against union members, including information like this:
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Deaths among Colombia's union members plummeted even farther – from a high of 275 in 1996 to only 39 last year. That's a drop of 86 percent in a decade.
And that's 39 killings (a figure the AFL-CIO itself cited last month) out of about 800,000 union workers – or about five murders per 100,000 union members. How does that constitute "a de facto death sentence" – when the murder rate for the population as a whole is about eight times higher?
In fact: "The Colombian government," notes Reuters, has "tripled spending on protection for unionists, human-rights activists and other at-risk individuals and established a special unit to prosecute crimes against trade unionists."
To make its case, the AFL-CIO cites data going back 22 years – but Uribe only took office in 2002.
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Michael Fumento: Unions' Big Columbia Lie.
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