The below appeal for solidarity has been issued by Peace and Justice for Colombia (PJFC), . Liliany Obando was a featured international guest at the Latin America and Asia International Solidarity Forum held in Melbourne over October 11-14 last year. Obando has been contracted to carry out work for Agricultural Workers Union Federation (FENSUAGRO), although she was never an official representative or member of a leadership body of the union.
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In recent years, there has been an intensive, continuous process of concentration and centralisation of corporations operating and controlling the entire production process of global agriculture.
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The below statement was released by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) on August 4. Visit http://pang.org.fj.
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The below article is reprinted from the website of Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific (ASAP), http://asia-pacific-action.org. Messages of solidarity should be sent to [email protected]. For more information, visit http://www.aruspelangi.or.id.
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Go Red for China! was the slogan unveiled on the Chinese mainland by Pepsi-Cola, whose ubiquitous blue can will, for a limited time, be red.
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With the July 16 vote against Cristina Fernandez de Kirchners proposed tax increases on agricultural exports in the Senate, following the biggest social and political confrontation since the 2001 uprising the overthrew several presidents in one week, the right has scored a clear victory.
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The below article is abridged from http://www.asia-pacific-action.org.
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Announcing the nationalisation of Banco de Venezuela, which will now be put at the service of the people, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated during a live televised broadcast on July 31 that it would be transformed into a socialist bank.
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The below article is reprinted from http://tamilnet.com.
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International oil giant Chevron is lobbying the US government to cancel trade deals with Ecuador over a court case where it faces a US$16 billion fine for polluting the Amazonian rainforest.
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Below is an abridged call for solidarity from the Korean Federation of Trade Unions against July 24 arrest warrants issued for the KCTU leadership by the government of President Lee Myung-bak, as part of a crackdown on the mass movement against the decision to allow US beef imports. The full statement can be read at http://asia-pacific-action.org. On August 6, police used water cannon and arrested 167 people to break up protests overnight against a visit by US President George Bush, according to an AFP report that day. The 10,000-strong, according to organisers, peaceful candle-lit vigil was protesting the US beef import decision.
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Given everything that is occurring in Tarija, Santa Cruz, Pando and Beni, we have to denounce that we are on the threshold of a real coup detat against the constitutional order, announced Bolivian minister of the presidency, Ramon Quintana, on August 7.