{"id":23,"date":"2011-01-11T14:29:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T19:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenstrade.org\/draft\/colombia-free-trade-agreement\/"},"modified":"2013-07-09T20:13:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T00:13:31","slug":"colombia-free-trade-agreement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-policies\/colombia-free-trade-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Colombia Free Trade Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proposing a NAFTA-style trade deal is bad enough \u2014 proposing one with the deadliest country in the world to be a union member is an outrage. \u00a0The number of assassinations of Colombian trade unionists increased from 39 in 2007, the year the FTA was signed, to at least 51 in 2010. \u00a0Things are getting worse, not better. \u00a0Please <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/1034\/p\/dia\/action\/public\/?action_KEY=6604\">act now<\/a><\/strong> to oppose the Colombia FTA and other pending trade deals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-policies\/colombia-free-trade-agreement\/reactions-to-colombia-action-plan\/\">Statements on the Colombia FTA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/blog\/2011\/04\/14\/colombia-free-trade-agreement-an-affront-to-human-dignity\/\">Read our latest on the Colombia FTA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a name=\"Reports\">Reports, Factsheets &amp; Talking Points<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.demos.org\/pubs\/Colombia%20Trade%20Paper,%205.1.10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/AFL-ColombiaViolence-092611.pdf\">Letter to President Obama on Continued Violence in Colombia<\/a> AFL-CIO, September 26, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/AFL-Colombia-FTA-Letter-080411.pdf\">Letter on Continuing Violence in Colombia<\/a> AFL-CIO, August 4, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usleap.org\/files\/Colombia%20Fact%20Sheet_June2011.pdf\">Murder and Impunity of Colombia Trade Unionists<\/a> USLEAP, June 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawg.org\/component\/content\/article\/76-stand-by-colombias-victims-of-violence\/863-fta-statements-and-articles\">Resources for Opposing the US-Colombia FTA<\/a> Latin America Working Group, \u00a0July 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/assets.usw.org\/releases\/110824_USW-CWA_Schakowsky.pdf\">Letter Calling for Congressional Investigation on Potential Misuse of U.S. Aid<\/a>, USW and CWA, August 24, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/07_06_2011AfroColombiaLettertoPresident.pdf\">Dear Colleague on Afro-Colombian Rights<\/a> Congressman Hank Johnson, July 6, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/USW-Unionists-killed-in-Colombia-062911.pdf\">Letter on Unionists Assassinated So Far This Year <\/a> United Steelworkers, June 29, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MurdersDuringSantosPresidency.pdf\">List of 104 Labor and Human Rights Activists Murdered During the First 10 Months of the Santos Administration<\/a> Justice for Colombia, June 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wola.org\/sites\/default\/files\/downloadable\/Andes\/Colombia\/2011\/June%2021\/FTALetterFinal.pdf\">Civil Society Letter (430 groups) Opposing the Colombia FTA<\/a> WOLA, June 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Cohen_Letter_to_Congress.pdf\">Letter Opposing the Colombia FTA<\/a> Communications Workers of America, July 5, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/7-5-11-US-Colombia-Free-Trade-Agrmt-Letter.pdf\">Letter Opposing the Colombia FTA<\/a> Service Employees International Union, July 5, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/USW_FTAsLetter_062011.pdf\">Letter Opposing All Three FTAs <\/a> United Steelworkers, June 20, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IBT_Trade_Letter_to_House_06_15_11.pdf\">Letter Opposing All Three FTAs<\/a> International Brotherhood of Teamsters, June 15, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Colombia_FTA_Telefonica_summary.pdf\">As Goes Telefonica: The Colombia FTA &amp; Action Plan<\/a> Communications Workers of America, June 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Colombia_Telefonica_Case_Study.pdf\">Colombia Telefonica Case Study<\/a> Communications Workers of America, May 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/FoE_Colombia_talking_points_2011.pdf\">The Colombia FTA: Bad for the Environment<\/a> Friends of the Earth, May 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawg.org\/action-center\/lawg-blog\/69-general\/861-sobering-facts-colombias-displacement-crisis-in-2010\">Colombia&#8217;s Displacement Crisis in 2010<\/a> Latin America Working Group, April 25, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/omiusajpic.org\/files\/2011\/04\/2011-04-15-Religious-Organizations-Oppose-Colombia-FTA.pdf\">Religious Groups Oppose Colombia FTA <\/a> Interfaith Working Group on Trade &amp; Investment, April 15, 2011<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usleap.org\/obama\u2019s-\u201clabor-action-plan\u201d-colombia-woefully-inadequate-doesn\u2019t-require-reduction-violence\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usleap.org\/obama\u2019s-\u201clabor-action-plan\u201d-colombia-woefully-inadequate-doesn\u2019t-require-reduction-violence\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usleap.org\/obama\u2019s-\u201clabor-action-plan\u201d-colombia-woefully-inadequate-doesn\u2019t-require-reduction-violence\">Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Labor Action Plan&#8221; for Colombia Woefully Inadequate<\/a> USLEAP, April 13, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transafrica.org\/2011\/04\/policy-overview\/latin-america\/colombia\/action-plan-with-colombia-does-not-resolve-ongoing-human-rights-crisis\/\">Action Plan with Colombia Does Not Resolve Ongoing Human Rights Crisis<\/a> TransAfrica Forum, April 8, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transafrica.org\/2011\/04\/policy-overview\/latin-america\/colombia\/colombia-action-plan-not-enough-according-to-citizens-trade-campaign\/\">Colombia &#8220;Action Plan&#8221; Not Good Enough<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign, April 6, 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usleap.org\/files\/FreeTrade_Colombia_Dec10.pdf\">Talking Points on Violence Against Trade Unionists and Impunity <\/a> USLEAP \u00a0April 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usleap.org\/files\/Fact%20vs%20Myth_Colombia%20FTA%20and%20Trade%20Violence.pdf\">Violence Against Colombian Trade Unionists: Fact vs. Myth<\/a> USLEAP, March 2011<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usleap.org\/files\/2009%20Annual%20Impunity%20Report%20Final%20Web.pdf\">Colombia: Falling Further Behind in the Fight Against the Impunity of Anti-Union Violence<\/a> USLEAP, December 22, 2010<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.demos.org\/pubs\/Colombia%20Trade%20Paper,%205.1.10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Likely Impact of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement on Colombian Workers<\/a> Demos, May 18, 2010<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.berkeley.edu\/files\/IHRLC\/Truthbehindbars.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Truth Behind Bars: Colombian Paramilitary Leaders in U.S. Custody<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usleap.org\/files\/USLEAPImpunityReport2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Systematic Violence Requires Strategic Justice: Ongoing Impunity in Assasinations of Trade Unionists in Colombia<\/a> USLEAP 2008 Annual Impunity Report<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coha.org\/ten-years-of-plan-colombia-bogota-leases-military-real-estate-to-the-obama-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Years of &#8220;Plan Colombia&#8221;: Bogota leases military real estate to the Obama Administration<\/a> Council on Hemispheric Affairs, August 5, 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/102308_Parliamentary-declaration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Parlimentary Declaration<\/a>EU, October 23, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coha.org\/2008\/06\/free-trade-with-colombia-mccain%E2%80%99s-misguided-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\">Free Trade with Colombia: McCain\u2019s Misguided Campaign<\/a> Council on Hemispheric Affairs, June 27, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/TransafricaReportMay2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">AFRO-COLOMBIANS: AUTONOMOUS RIGHTS UNDERMINED: Systematic Repression and the U.S.\u2013 Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> TransAfrica Forum, May 1, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aflcio.org\/issues\/jobseconomy\/globaleconomy\/upload\/human_rights_colombia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">So Far to Go: Human Rights in Colombia<\/a> Latin America Working Group Education Fund, April 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/AFLColombiaBriefing_01152008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Workers&#8217; Rights, Violence and Impunity in Colombia<\/a> AFL-CIO, January 9, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/documents\/FoodSafetyReportFINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Trade Deficit in Food Safety<\/a> Global Trade Watch, July 2007<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.amnesty.org\/library\/index\/engamr230012007\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia: Killings, arbitrary detentions, and death threats &#8212; the reality of trade unionism in Colombia<\/a> Amnesty International, July 3, 2007<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usleap.org\/files\/ImpunityFactSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia Fact Sheet: Murder and Impunity of Colombian Trade Unionists Under Uribe<\/a> USLEAP, December 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usleap.org\/files\/ColombiaTalkingPoints.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Opposing the FTA with Colombia: Talking Points on Violence Against Trade Unionists and Impunity<\/a> USLEAP, November 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ctc_Colombia_Background_04102008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">General Background on the Colombia FTA<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ctc_Colombia_InvestorRights_04102008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia FTA: Background on Investor Rights<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ctc_Colombia_Agriculture_04102008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Colombia FTA: Background on Agriculture<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ctc_Colombia_Drugs_04102008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Colombia FTA: Background on Illegal Drug Production<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ctc_Colombia_Food_04102008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Colombia FTA: Impact on Food and Food Safety<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ctc_Colombia_Environment_04102008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Colombia FTA: Environmental Concerns<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign, April 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/usleap_TalkingPointsApril08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Violence Against Colombia Trade Unionists and Impunity: How Much Progress Has There Been Under Uribe?<\/a> USLEAP, April 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usleap.org\/files\/Impunity%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fact Sheet: Murders of Trade Unionists and Impunity Under Uribe<\/a>USLEAP, April 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080605_ColombiaTalkingPoints2008_PublicCitizen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Talking Points: Colombia&#8217;s Horrific Labor Abuses Are Among a Long List of Reasons to Oppose the Colombia FTA<\/a> Public Citizen, June 5, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/alfcio_GeneralFactsheetFINAL04102008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Why We Oppose the Colombia FTA<\/a> AFL-CIO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/aflcio_ColombiaViolenceFactsheetFINAL_2_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia Continues to be a Deadly Country in which to be a Trade Unionist<\/a> AFL-CIO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/aflcio_UnionMovementFactsheetFINAL_04102008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Colombian Unionists In All Sectors Oppose the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> AFL-CIO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/aflcio_LaborLawFactsheetFINAL_04102008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Workers&#8217; Rights in Colombia<\/a> AFL-CIO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IBEW-Legislative-Fact-Sheet-on-Trade-2007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">IBEW Legislative Fact Sheet on Trade<\/a> August 2007<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.witnessforpeace.org\/pdf\/Col_FTA_factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> Witness for Peace Fact Sheet<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.witnessforpeace.org\/pdf\/Col_Flowers_factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">FLOWERS: Labor Rights Violations, Pesticide Poisoning, and Poverty Wages<\/a> Witness for Peace Fact Sheet<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.witnessforpeace.org\/pdf\/Col_Union_factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia: Violence Against Workers<\/a> Witness for Peace Fact Sheet<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.witnessforpeace.org\/pdf\/Col_Fumigations_factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia: Forced Eradication and Fumigation of Coca Crops<\/a> Witness for Peace Fact Sheet<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.witnessforpeace.org\/pdf\/Col_Multinationals_factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Multinationals in Colombia: Profits and Plundering<\/a> Witness for Peace Fact Sheet<\/p>\n<p><strong><a name=\"releases\">Past Congressional Statements<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/democrats.edworkforce.house.gov\/documents\/112\/pdf\/letters\/AmbassadorKirkLetter.pdf\">Miller and McGovern Letter to USTR on Attempted Assassination of Labor Rights Lawyer Hernan Dario<\/a> May 18, 2010<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080915_georgemiller.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080915_georgemiller.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080915_georgemiller.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Miller to Uribe: Colombia Must Improve Investigations and Prosecutions of Labor Killings<\/a> Education &amp; Labor Committee, Congressman George Miller, Chairman, September 15, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080722_HareOpposesYokingTradeAssistance_RepPhilHare.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Hare opposes yoking trade assistance, Colombia<\/a> Press release submitted by Rep. Phil Hare, Quad-Cities Online, July 22, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080701_SenatorsCallOnBushToAddressViolence_OfficeOfSenBrown.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Brown, Senators Call on Bush Administration to Address Ongoing Violence in Colombia<\/a> Office of Senator Sherrod Brown, July 1, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michaud.house.gov\/article.asp?id=603\" target=\"_blank\">Michaud Joins U.S. and Colombian Labor Leaders to Speak Out Against Colombian FTA<\/a> Office of Congressman Mike Michaud, May 14, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccollum.house.gov\/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&amp;SEC={A13C341F-993E-4C49-9C5A-2D2AB2E97DC4}&amp;DE={033C0E67-D133-420B-9DF8-D76682565CE9}\" target=\"_blank\">Economic Relief Must Come First<\/a> Congresswoman Betty McCollum, April 15, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michaud.house.gov\/article.asp?id=575\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia FTA Statements<\/a> Office of Congressman Mike Michaud, April 10, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomallen.house.gov\/index.cfm?ItemID=1010&amp;ContentID=1035&amp;ParentID=4&amp;SectionID=15&amp;SectionTree=4,15\u00a7ionTypeID=4\" target=\"_blank\">Statement on Suspension of Fast Track Procedures for Consideration of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> Office of Congressman Tom Allen, April 10, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickmurphy.house.gov\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=299&amp;Itemid=93\" target=\"_blank\">Standing Up for Workers, Patrick Murphy Opposes Colombia Trade Deal<\/a> Office of Congressman Patrick Murphy, April 10, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/solis.house.gov\/list\/speech\/ca32_solis\/wida6\/colombiafta41008.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Solis Statement on Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> Office Congresswoman Hilda Solis, April 10, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccollum.house.gov\/index.asp?Type=B_PR&amp;SEC={6CF539D3-04A5-4FFA-87B8-BBBF9269F9D4}&amp;DE={CA6381BE-B82C-4EAF-B178-F6C6E6F53B21}\" target=\"_blank\">McCollum: Economic Relief for Americans Must Come before President\u2019s Colombia Trade Deal<\/a> Office of Congresswoman Betty McCollum, April 10, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaptur.house.gov\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=215&amp;Itemid=1\" target=\"_blank\">Kaptur Introduces Bill Opposing Colombia Trade Deal<\/a> Office of U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur, April 8, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blumenauer.house.gov\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=828&amp;Itemid=167\" target=\"_blank\">Blumenauer Issues Statement on U.S.-Colombia FTA<\/a> Office of U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, April 7, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dorgan.senate.gov\/newsroom\/record.cfm?id=295675\" target=\"_blank\">Dorgan: Bush\u2019s Trade Policies Have Failed; Colombia Free Trade Agreement Is More of the Same<\/a> Office of Senator Byron Dorgan, April 7, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomallen.house.gov\/index.cfm?ItemID=989&amp;ContentID=1014&amp;ParentID=4&amp;SectionID=15&amp;SectionTree=4,15\u00a7ionTypeID=4\" target=\"_blank\">Statement on the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> Office of Congressman Tom Allen, April 7, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brown.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press_releases\/release\/?id=277F8470-5C94-4E54-8ED5-2691F3D6CA8D\" target=\"_blank\">Senator Sherrod Brown Calls Proposed Colombian FTA Betrayal Of Middle Class<\/a> Office of Senator Sherrod Brown, April 7, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snowe.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&amp;ContentRecord_id=2a6b9dc0-802a-23ad-4964-349beca807f8&amp;Region_id=&amp;Issue_id=\" target=\"_blank\">Snowe Voices Opposition to U.S.-Columbia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> Office of U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, April 7, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sutton.house.gov\/news\/story.cfm?id=138\" target=\"_blank\">Sutton Statement on U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> Office of U.S. Representative Betty Sutton, April 7, 2008<\/p>\n<p><strong><a name=\"statements\">Past Organizational Statements<\/a><a name=\"statements\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IR09HillCover.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia FTA and Trade Union Violence<\/a> US LEAP, December 21, 2009<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustr.gov\/about-us\/press-office\/press-releases\/2009\/september\/ustr-receives-public-comments-concerning-pending\" target=\"_blank\">USTR Receives Public Comments Concerning the Pending Colombia and Korea Free Trade Agreements<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Colombia_benchmarks_aflcio_091509_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">AFL-CIO Comments to USTR on the Colombia FTA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transafricaforum.org\/policy-overview\/where-we-work\/pub-comms-ustr-afro-colom-and-us-col-fta\">TransAfrica Forum comments to USTR on Colombia FTA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CTC_Colombia_Comments.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CTC Comments to USTR on the Colombia FTA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080915_TeamstersAlert.pdf\" target=\"&gt;Teamsters Alert Against Colombia FTA&lt;\/a&gt;, September 15, 2008&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt; &lt;a href=\">AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On Increase of Violence Against Colombian Trade Unionists<\/a>, September 10, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/070208mccaincolombiapresser.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Hoffa Blasts McCain Trip to Colombia, Refusal to Address Human Rights Issues<\/a> Teamsters Press Release, July 2, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080701_ColombiaLetterToBush_SenBrownEtAl.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Letter to President Bush Concerning Violence in Colombia and the FTA<\/a> Sens. Sherrod Brown, Byron Dorgan, Robert C. Byrd, Debbie Stabenow, Bob Casey, and Sheldon Whitehouse, July 1, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hrw.org\/english\/docs\/2008\/06\/30\/colomb19222.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia: McCain&#8217;s Visit Should Focus on Democracy and Rights<\/a> Human Rights Watch, June 30, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080627_LetterToSenatorJohnMcCain_HRW.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Letter to Senator John McCain<\/a> Human Rights Watch, June 27, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Extradited Paramilitary Leaders and the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Human Rights Watch, May 20, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hrw.org\/english\/docs\/2008\/05\/20\/colomb18891.htm\" target=\"_blank\">[Letter to House]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hrw.org\/english\/docs\/2008\/05\/20\/colomb18889.htm\" target=\"_blank\">[Letter to Senate]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/faithlettertoCongress_05202008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. and Colombian Church Leaders Call on Congress to Substantially Reduce Military Aid, to Strengthen Human Rights Protections and to Vote No on the U.S.-Colombia FTA<\/a> May 20, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Oppose the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Amazon Watch, Earthjustice, Food First\/Institute for Food and Development Policy, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace USA, Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network, May 15, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/envirocolombiaFTAsign-onhouse.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">[Letter to House]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/envirocolombiaFTAsign-onsenate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">[Letter to Senate]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/teamsters_LettertoHouseonColombiaFTA_04292008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Letter to the House of Representatives on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> Teamsters, April 29, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CTC_Vote_Statement_04112008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CTC Supports Reasserting Congressional Authority Over Trade<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign, April 11, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080408_NFUStatementColombia_NFU.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NFU Statement: Colombia FTA is Wrong Move at Wrong Time<\/a> National Farmers Union, April 8, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/USBIC_ColombiaStatement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Domestic Manufacturers Say Colombia Deal Will Worsen Recession<\/a> United States Business and Industry Council, April 8, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/english\/docs\/2008\/04\/07\/colomb18460.htm\" target=\"_blank\">US: Reject Colombia Free Trade Deal<\/a> Human Rights Watch, April 7, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/aflcio_ColombiaStatement_040708.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On U.S. &#8211; Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> April 7, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20080401_USColombiaFTAJustSayNo_MADRE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The US-Colombia Unfair Trade Agreement: Just say No!<\/a> MADRE, April 1, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/polo_GaviriaToPelosi_03242008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Voting Against the FTA is the right decision<\/a> Carlos Gaviria D\u00edaz, <em>Polo Democr\u00e1tico Alternativo<\/em>, March 24, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/scfoe_ColombiaStatement_03122008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Statement on the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, March 12, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/iwgti_religorgsColombia_03072008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Religious Organizations Oppose U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment, March 7, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/teamsters_lettertoHouseontheRule_041008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Letter to the House of Representatives on the Rule Change<\/a> Teamsters, April 10, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ndn_presoncolombia_04082008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NDN President Rosenberg Challenges Bush&#8217;s Strategy on U.S.-Colombia FTA<\/a> NDN, April 8, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/usw_colombiarelease_08072008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">USW Calls on Congress to Reject Colombia FTA<\/a> United Steelworkers, April 07, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/teamsters_colombiastatement_04072008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Teamsters Will Strongly Oppose Colombia Trade Agreement: Hoffa Says Bush Again Turns His Back On Workers<\/a> Teamsters, April 07, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lettertouribe_03262008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Letter to President Uribe denouncing recent violence against human rights defenders and labor unionists<\/a> Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA, Refugees International, Lutheran World Relief, Washington Office on Latin America, Jesuit Conference, Latin America Working Group, Center for International Policy, U.S. Labor Education in the Americas Project, US Office on Colombia, Mercy Corps, Fellowship of Reconciliation, United Methodist Church: General Board of Church and Society, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, Center for Justice and International Law, Center for Justice and International Law, Witness for Peace, Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Central Committee, Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Colombia Human Rights Committee, Church of the Brethren Witness\/Washington Office, March 26, 2008<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/documents\/ColombiaLetterToSenate.1107.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Letter to Senate saying the AFL-CIO is &#8220;unalterably opposed&#8221; to the Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> AFL-CIO, November 7, 2007<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/documents\/ColombiaLetterToHouse.1107.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Letter to House saying the AFL-CIO is &#8220;unalterably opposed&#8221; to the Colombia Free Trade Agreement<\/a> AFL-CIO, November 7, 2007<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latinocongreso.org\/resolutions07approved.php?id=99\" target=\"_blank\">Oppose Expansion of NAFTA\/CAFTA<\/a> National Latino Congreso, October 6, 2007<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EnviroLettertoCongressaboutPeru1007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The United States Needs a New Pro-Environment Trade Policy<\/a> Amazon Watch, American Lands Alliance, ForestEthics, Greenpeace USA, Rainforest Action Network, October 5, 2007<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/AfroLatinoLettertoCongressFTA_11072006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Afro-Descendants in Peru and Colombia Oppose the Free Trade Agreements with the United States<\/a> November 7, 2006<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/AfroColombianCoverLetterFTA_11132006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cover Letter<\/a> AFRODES-USA, AFSC, WOLA, United Church of Christ, Global Rights, TransAfrica Forum, November 13, 2006<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Also visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-policies\/colombia-free-trade-agreement\/us-colombia-fta-news-archive\/\">Colombia FTA News Archive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposing a NAFTA-style trade deal is bad enough \u2014 proposing one with the deadliest country in the world to be a union member is an outrage. \u00a0The number of assassinations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":56,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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