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These bureaucrats don’t let CAUCA progress

"A paramilitary group has threatened to kill six individuals and members of five organizations in western Colombia. All are in grave danger.

The threat came on 22 October in a fax signed by the paramilitary group Black Eagles New Generation (Aguilas Negras Nueva Generación) sent to the Valle del Cauca office of the Trade Union Congress (Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, CUT). The fax said that the people and organizations it named were now military targets.

The fax accused those named of supporting the guerrillas: "You are the defenders of the guerrillas … we have determined that it is necessary to expand the fight against those who hide in social organisations such as CUT Valle, NOMADESC, human rights defenders, NGOs." (Ustedes son defensores de la guerrilla … Hemos definido que se hace necesario de nuevo emprender la lucha contra aquellos que se camuflan en las organizaciones sociales como CUT, Valle, NOMADESC, Defensores DDHH, ONG.) In the past, human rights, social, trade union and Indigenous activists and leaders who have been labelled subversives by the security forces or paramilitary groups have often been the target of subsequent serious human rights violations, including killings.

The fax also accused them of stopping the economic development of the Cauca region: "These bureaucrats don’t let CAUCA progress, as they don't allow entry for the multinationals which do bring benefits to the communities." (Esos burocratas no dejan progresar el CAUCA, donde no permiten el ingreso de las multinacionales que si traen beneficio a las comunidades.)

Some of the organizations and individuals have been harassed since shortly before the fax was sent. One of them, José Goyes, received a telephone death threat the same day. In recent years José Goyes has been subject to death threats and has survived an attempt on his life. Men were seen keeping watch on the Social Research and Action Association (Asociación de Investigación y la Acción Social, NOMADESC) office in Cali from 20 to 23 October, and again on 28 October.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR23/025/2009/en/0904d5dd-f94...

Threats against trade unionists, nothing new in Colombia. But this time, the Paracos declare openly in whose interest they are active: “they don't allow entry for the multinationals which do bring benefits to the communities.”

By Dolfi on Nov 17, 2009, 01:31 in Politics & the war.

gimmedub says on Nov 17, 2009, 02:00:

I'm curious - what multi-national company actually brings benefits to the local community?

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JGD says on Nov 17, 2009, 03:46:

I must be mistaken, I was under the imppression that Bureocracy was a byproduct of a socialism goverment ...

Panties not best thing on earth, but next to best thing on earth.

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makopp5 says on Nov 17, 2009, 03:55:

Gobierno critica presencia de sindicalista en campamento de las Farc
Juan Efraín Mendoza Gamba estaba en el campamento del guerrillero capturado ‘El Negro Antonio’.
El Ministro de la Protección Social, Diego Palacio Betancourt, solicitó al presidente de la Central Única de Trabajadores (CUT), Tarsicio Mora Godoy, que fije su posición frente a la presencia del sindicalista Juan Efraín Mendoza Gamba en el campamento del guerrillero de las Farc alias ‘El Negro Antonio’, capturado el viernes anterior.

“Al igual que lo hace el Gobierno, cuando siempre que hay algún tipo de asesinato sale inmediatamente a rechazarlo, creo que el movimiento sindical necesita también salir, por el bien del movimiento sindical, del movimiento laboral, de todo el contexto nacional e internacional, salir a aclarar la posición de la CUT frente a esta situación”, consideró el jefe de la cartera de Protección Social.

If it`s one of these guys who cares, when he is with the terrorists, than treat him as one.

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Londoner says on Nov 17, 2009, 07:58:

Raul Reyes,the ex Farc no.2,started life as a trade union activist in a Nestle plant in Caqueta.My impression is it,s difficult to separate the left and the Farc.

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pedro says on Nov 17, 2009, 09:55:

JGD (☼Travelguide writer) says on Nov 17, 2009, 03:46 (today): flag

I must be mistaken, I was under the imppression that Bureocracy was a byproduct of a socialism goverment ...
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The post's title is quoting the paramilitaries, if you'd bothered to read it.

"this may seem a strange post but it is not...when in colombia men need to be aware that colombia women may try to be seductive and entice a travelling gringo to have sex with them..to be forewarned is to be forearmed..." -- pow wow

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tasco66 says on Nov 17, 2009, 13:43:

These trade unions should not be supporting the farc...

Newsweek on Uribe: "he's delivered the trifecta of peace, security, and prosperity"

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Dolfi says on Nov 18, 2009, 02:20:

I knew your mindset ist the same as that of the Aguilas Negras (renamed former AUC). You coludn´t have expressed your support for the paramilitary terrorists more clearly.

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makopp5 says on Nov 18, 2009, 02:43:

Dolfi
you are deadly wrong for me paras are terrorists too.

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tasco66 says on Nov 18, 2009, 03:51:

Dolfi, you sound like a spoke person for the Farc terrorists…

Newsweek on Uribe: "he's delivered the trifecta of peace, security, and prosperity"

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Dolfi says on Nov 20, 2009, 01:54:

Terrorists are trrorists, whatever their ideological background is. But it is quite a different matter when state authorities are cooperating with them as it happens in Colombia with the paramilitaries.

http://www.raulzelik.net/textarchiv/feuileton/sicherheitsgovernance.ht...

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makopp5 says on Nov 20, 2009, 03:30:

Dolfi
another lefty article from a person who was crying when they killed Raul Reyes and a great supporter from Chavez. Terrorist supporters.

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Dolfi says on Nov 23, 2009, 04:29:

El Estado colombiano, condenado por pasividad ante una matanza paramilitar

"Unos 2.500 millones de pesos (cerca de un millón de euros). Es la cantidad que deberá pagar el Estado colombiano a 195 personas de Chengue, un pequeño pueblo del Caribe donde los paramilitares, la madrugada del 17 de enero de 2001, sembraron el terror y dejaron 27 muertos.

No es la primera vez que se da esta condena, cimentada en que la fuerza pública no actuó, hizo la vista gorda y dejó que los matones actuaran a sus anchas. El año pasado, otro juez de Sincelejo había logrado reparación para otro grupo de víctimas de este crimen.

Según el juez que condenó al Estado, quedó comprobada la colaboración de los integrantes de las Fuerzas Armadas para el ingreso y salida de los paramilitares de Chengue.

En su momento fueron muchas las denuncias que se escucharon en este sentido. Era difícil entender cómo los paramilitares se desplazaban por todo el país, en autobuses y en aviones, armados hasta los dientes, sin que nadie los viera. Para cometer la masacre de Mapiripán viajaron 500 kilómetros: desde el Caribe, al norte, hasta la región límite entre la Orinoquía y la Amazonia, al sur.

Hace dos años, la fiscalía impuso una sanción disciplinaria a tres oficiales de la Armada, entre ellos el contraalmirante Rodrigo Quiñónez. En la sentencia se dice que, aunque tenía en sus manos los elementos para detener a los paras que llegaron a Chengue, no hizo nada."

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Estado/colombiano/condena....

Don´t let anybody tell me that the colombian military doesn´t cooperate with the Paracos.

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Dolfi says on Nov 23, 2009, 04:31:

"another lefty article from a person who was crying when they killed Raul Reyes and a great supporter from Chavez"

Yeah, but the evidence he presents is obviously correct, isn´t it?

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