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Baobab

(4,667 posts)
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 08:55 PM Mar 2016

“as union leaders and human rights activists conveyed harrowing reports of violence to then-Secretary of State Clinton in"

http://www.ibtimes.com/colombian-oil-money-flowed-clintons-state-department-took-no-action-prevent-labor-1874464

“as union leaders and human rights activists conveyed…harrowing reports of violence to then-Secretary of State Clinton in late 2011, urging her to pressure the Colombian government to protect labor organizers, she responded first with silence” and then public praise for “Colombia’s progress on human rights, thereby permitting hundreds of millions of dollars in US aid to flow to the same Colombian military that labor activists say helped intimidate workers.”
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“as union leaders and human rights activists conveyed harrowing reports of violence to then-Secretary of State Clinton in" (Original Post) Baobab Mar 2016 OP
The lemmings are following Hillary right off the cliff. marew Mar 2016 #1
So damned sad. You wouldn't think a Democrat would do this. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2016 #2
Its like a throwback to the days before the whatever amendment was supposed to have stopped it Baobab Mar 2016 #3
what happened? Baobab Mar 2016 #4

marew

(1,588 posts)
1. The lemmings are following Hillary right off the cliff.
Tue Mar 15, 2016, 09:00 PM
Mar 2016

As my grandmother used to say, "None are so blind as those who WILL NOT see."

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
3. Its like a throwback to the days before the whatever amendment was supposed to have stopped it
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 07:05 PM
Mar 2016

Maybe not quite as bad.. but man.

have you read "Killing Hope" by William Blum..

I am sure you have..

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