Colombia: national strike for alternatives to ‘free trade’ destruction
Published: 18/03/2016
The movement’s demands, conveyed to President Santo on March 9, include defending small and medium agricultural production against the massive import surges unleashed by the Colombia-US Free Trade Agreement, halting the privatization of energy, health and transport, support for and investment in public education and pensions, an end to speculation, land grabbing and environmental destruction, measures to combat corruption and impunity and meaningful guarantees of democratic rights.
Full coverage, interviews and photos of the strike and the movement behind it are available (in Spanish) on the website of the IUF Latin American regional secretariat (click here) .