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Colombia: agrarian strike re-mobilizes
Colombian campesinos launched a new national strike, blocking key roads across several regions of the country to press demands including debt relief.
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Colombia: ‘terrorist’ attack on union headquarters
The offices of the Cali Municipal Workers Synidicate (Sintraemcali), located in the center of the Colombian industrial city, was attacked with hurled incendiary bombs.
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Colombia: pressure grows to expand drug decrim
An official from the capital district government of Bogotá called upon Colombia’s national government to open debate on broadening the policy of drug decriminalization.
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Bolivia: cocaleros clash with eradication force
Coca-growers in Bolivia's lowland jungle town of Yapacaní clashed with police in a protest against the construction of a new base of the feared Mobile Rural Patrol Unit (UMOPAR).
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Peru: Cajamarca repression sparks protests
Spontaneous protests broke out in the town of Celendín, in the highlands of Peru's Cajamarca region, after the arrest of six leaders of the struggle against the Conga gold project.
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Colombia: land rights activist assassinated
A Colombian activist for restitution of usurped lands in the conflicted Urabá region was killed by presumed hired assassins—despite being under special government "protection."
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Peru: 24 arrested on Shining Path links
The leadership of Peru's Movement for Amnesty and Fundamental Rights (MOVADEF) was arrested in a joint police-army operation, accused of being Sendero Luminoso operatives.
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Colombia: gains against Buenaventura butchers?
Speaking in the Pacific port of Buenaventura, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos boasted gains against paramilitary gangs that have been terrorizing the city.
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Bolivia: three dead in miners’ protests
Three were killed as thousands of independent miners blocked highways across Bolivia to protest a pending law that would impose restrictions on their cooperatives.
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Venezuela: Wayúu protest militarization
Leaders of the Wayúu indigenous people in Venezuela's La Guajira region are protesting ongoing army exercises taking place in their traditional territory.
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Peru to loosen oversight on energy projects
Peru's Energy and Mines Minister Eleodoro Mayorga said the government is considering dropping the requirement for environmental impact studies of oil exploration projects.
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Peru: artisanal miners block highways again
Informal miners have for days been blocking the Pan-American Highway on Peru's coast to protest the end of the "formalization" process for titling their claims.