Your Taxes Finance Our Murders

By Gloria Ramirez and Carlos Lozano

Nine out of every ten trade unionists murdered each year around the world are from Columbia.

The war in Columbia is not about drugs and it is not about terrorism either. For nearly 50 years widespread state sanctioned or carried out abuses of human rights have continued with the active support of the USA and with arms and ammunition from various western states who profess a commitment to human rights.

Red Pepper. no 111, September 2003