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WNU #961: Striking Colombian Cane Cutters Attacked
The Association of Sugar Cane Growers, ASOCAÑA, has refused to negotiate and instead took out paid ads on local radio and television stations, threatening layoffs in case of a strike and telling the community not to support or participate in the strike.
Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #961, September 21, 2008
1. Colombia: Striking Cane Cutters Attacked
2. Latin America: Markets React to US Crisis
3. Haiti: New PM Faces Storm Aftermath
4. Links to alternative sources on: Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, El Salvador, Mexico
ISSN#: 1084-922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com. It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com
*1. Colombia: Striking Cane Cutters Attacked
On Sept. 15, at least 12,000 Colombian sugar cane cutters went on strike to protest the systematic violation of their labor rights and human rights. The workers cut sugar cane for 16 sugar mills in the Cauca river valley, primarily in the department of Valle del Cauca but also in the neighboring departments of Cauca, to the south, and Risaralda, to the northeast. [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2008/09/wnu-961-striking-colombian-cane-cutters.html
Issue #961, September 21, 2008
1. Colombia: Striking Cane Cutters Attacked
2. Latin America: Markets React to US Crisis
3. Haiti: New PM Faces Storm Aftermath
4. Links to alternative sources on: Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, El Salvador, Mexico
ISSN#: 1084-922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com. It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com
*1. Colombia: Striking Cane Cutters Attacked
On Sept. 15, at least 12,000 Colombian sugar cane cutters went on strike to protest the systematic violation of their labor rights and human rights. The workers cut sugar cane for 16 sugar mills in the Cauca river valley, primarily in the department of Valle del Cauca but also in the neighboring departments of Cauca, to the south, and Risaralda, to the northeast. [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2008/09/wnu-961-striking-colombian-cane-cutters.html
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