Who is behind the death squad murders of trade unionists at Coca-Cola plants in Colombia?
The paramilitaries are responsible for the crimes against the workers, but it’s also the military and the transnational corporations from the U.S. and Europe. In sum, it’s the Colombian state and its criminal regime that are directly responsible. The political model Colombia’s government follows is that of extermination of the civil population; selectively in the case of trade unionists and the social movements, and indiscriminately in the rural areas. This selective and indiscriminate model was the same that was used in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala during their civil wars during the 1980’s. We first saw this model in Argentina where the Argentine officials and their civilian collaborators were financed and supported by the CIA and the U.S. State Department in the 1970’s. Will the new president of Colombia, Uribe Velez, make the situation better or worse for trade unionists? The situation will get worse. The new government’s proposals are characterized by major budget cuts and a
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