Friday, October 10, 2008

Cauca in Colombia protest free trade and Bush-backed policies


Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca
ACIN Santander de Quilichao, Colombia Contact: Manuel Rozental (011) 57-311-339-7341
Email:
acincauca@yahoo.es
AP photo

Indigenous Communities in Colombia Mobilize to Protest U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Plan Colombia and the Policies of the Bush-Backed Uribe Government
October 12-13th, Mass Protests are Planned Throughout the Country

The Commotion of the People
Today, four years after the First Itinerant Congress of the Peoples, we, the indigenous communities of northern Cauca, reiterate its message and validity and continue through the path we walked back then, a march that was weaved through centuries of memory and resistance.
On the anniversary of the Indigenous and Popular Mandate we call for the people to mobilize for liberty and against the tyranny of the regime. Read article:

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