Opposing U.S.-Colombia trade pact.

• Position: On the Line - Brief article

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Washington, D.C.

In mid-July, labor and human rights activists from Colombia and around the United States went to Washington, D.C., to denounce the proposed U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement, which President Obama is now pushing as a jobs program. That agreement, critics say, does not do enough to safeguard unionists. More unionists get gunned down in Colombia than in any other country in...