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21/12/06 - London Colombian Embassy Picket

Oscar Beard | 30.12.2006 14:16 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | London | World

STOP Coca-Cola’s Continuing Dirty War

Thursday 21 December 2006: A letter was delivered to the Colombian Embassy expressing international concern at Student and Trade Union leaders yet again being targeted by death squads, this time the Aguilas Negras (Black Eagles), for daring to criticise Coca Cola, Nestlé and other private corporations.



Barranquilla, Colombia, 14 December: A communiqué was left at the residence of Euripides Yance, a Coca-Cola worker and member of the National Committee of “Sinaltrainal”.

The communiqué, entitled “Black Eagles” (Aguilas Negras), threatened various student, social and trade union leaders with execution, giving them a week to leave the city. Amongst them are members and leaders of Sinaltrainal and workers at Coca-Cola Euripides Yance, Limberto Carranza, and Campo Quintero.


The death threats occurred just days after Colombia’s Vice-President Francisco “Pinocchio” Santos made a public declaration referring to what he called campaigns to discredit Coca Cola, Nestlé and other private corporations, and contended that they were pushed by “sectors of the extreme left, radicals infiltrated into trade union sectors that are generating absolutely absurd campaigns against the corporations”.

These threats occurred at the time as demands were being negotiated with the Coca-Cola bottling plants in Santanders, the region in which Barranquilla is situated.

Demands are now being put on the Colombian government to protect the lives of trade unionists, social leaders, students, defenders of human rights and an investigation into the facts to [bring to justice] the intellectual and material authors of the Black Eagles communiqué.

Original Colombian alert:

AMENAZADOS DIRIGENTES SOCIALES, ESTUDIANTES, SINDICALISTAS Y DEFENSORES DE DERECHOS HUMANOS EN BARRANQUILLA

El día 14 de Diciembre de 2006, en la ciudad de Barranquilla, en la casa de habitación de Euripides Yance trabajador de Coca cola e integrante de la Junta Directiva Nacional de SINALTRAINAL fue dejado un comunicado titulado AGUILAS NEGRAS donde amenazan y dan plazo de una semana para que salgan de la ciudad varios dirigentes estudiantiles, sociales y sindicalistas, entre ellos, varios integrantes y dirigentes de SINALTRAINAL y trabajadores de Coca cola EURIPIDES YANCE, LIMBERTO CARRANZA, CAMPO QUINTERO.

Esta amenaza se presenta días después que el Vicepresidente de la Republica de Colombia Francisco Santos hiciera pública su declaración refiriéndose a las llamadas campañas de desprestigio contra Coca Cola, Nestlé y otras empresas privadas y afirmo que estos actos están siendo impulsados por “sectores de extrema izquierda, radicales infiltrados en sectores sindicales, que están generando campañas absolutamente absurdas contra las empresas”

Estas amenazas se presentar también en momentos en que estamos negociando pliego de peticiones con las embotelladoras de Coca Cola en los Santanderes.
Exigimos del gobierno nacional protección para la vida de los sindicalistas, dirigentes sociales, estudiantes, defensores de derechos humanos e investigar los hechos y dar con los responsables materiales e intelectuales.

Contra la Impunidad SINALTRAINAL Clama Justicia.

LUIS JAVIER CORREA SUAREZ
Presidente

SINALTRAINAL INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY

SEND YOUR E-MAILS TO:
Presidente de la República de Colombia: Dr. Álvaro Uribe Vélez E-mail: auribe@presidencia.gov.co; dh@presidencia.gov.co

Vicepresidente de la Republica de Colombia Francisco Santos Fax: 00 57 1 337 1351 E-mail:  fsantos@presidencia.gov.co

Programa Derechos Humanos Presidencia de la Republica
E-mail:  ppdh@presidencia.gov.co

In the UK, also send your e-mail to the Colombian Embassy:  mail@colombianembassy.co.uk with a copy to  info@colombiasolidarity.org.uk

If you are in the USA, these are the Colombian Ambassador's contact points in Washington, DC: Sr. Luis Alberto Moreno Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia 2118 Leroy Place NW Washington, D.C. 20008 Teléfono: +1 (202) 387 8338 Fax: +1 (202) 232 8643 E-mail:  emwas@colombiaemb.org

Oscar Beard
- e-mail: oscarbeard@yahoo.com.mx
- Homepage: http://www.reprogrammingthedesensitised.com

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