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[QUOTEA collective of leftist organizations and representatives of ethnic minorities on Monday joined ongoing strikes carried out by farmers, miners and truckers in Colombias countryside.
]One of Colombias largest leftist collective, farmers, indigenous people and Afro-Colombians, united in the so-called Agrarian Summit (Cumbre Agraria Campesina Etnica y Popular), told Colombia Reports that the governments noncompliance with the agreements were the main reason for the strikes.
Additionally, the collective of striking organizations demand far-stretching changes in Colombias economic system and joined rebel group FARC in a call to organize a constituent assembly to reform the countrys constitution.
The summit, which consists of indigenous organization ONIC, leftist political movement Patriotic March, and a number of smaller organizations, is separate, but supportive of the ongoing strikes organized by the Agriculture Dignity movement that laid down work a week ago already.
Cesar Pachon, a leader of the Farmers Dignity movement that went on strike last week already, confirmed to Colombia Reports that his organization is friendly with the Agrarian Summit, but decided to stay independent because of the political nature of the demands of the fellow-strikers.
The farmers strike is solely about improving the economic situation of farmers and does not want to get involved with other political issues facing Colombia, said Pachon.
What is the Agrarian Summit?
[The Agrarian Summit] represents the economic, social, environmental, cultural and territorial political demands of historically marginalized and excluded communities, is a wake-up call to the national government on the urgency of structurally addressing problems of the rural population that wants to claim its rights, says the Patriotic March on its website.
The Summit brings together 30 thousand people from all over the country, claims the organization led by former Senator Piedad Cordoba.
The purpose of the collectives strike is to force the government to comply with agreements made at the end of national strikes last year.
[We agreed on] days of mobilization and agrarian strike motivated by the breach of the agreements by the government, poor economic policy in the agricultural sector and effective response to our eight-point list of demands.
A number of the group demands are related to changes in Colombian economic policies and the expansion of ongoing talks with rebel groups.
The social movements of the Agrarian Strike will take place all over the country.[/QUOTE]
Colombia's rural strikes expand as leftists, minorities and more farmers join - Colombia News | Colombia Reports
It was a pretty violent weekend which is not mentioned in the article.
]One of Colombias largest leftist collective, farmers, indigenous people and Afro-Colombians, united in the so-called Agrarian Summit (Cumbre Agraria Campesina Etnica y Popular), told Colombia Reports that the governments noncompliance with the agreements were the main reason for the strikes.
Additionally, the collective of striking organizations demand far-stretching changes in Colombias economic system and joined rebel group FARC in a call to organize a constituent assembly to reform the countrys constitution.
The summit, which consists of indigenous organization ONIC, leftist political movement Patriotic March, and a number of smaller organizations, is separate, but supportive of the ongoing strikes organized by the Agriculture Dignity movement that laid down work a week ago already.
Cesar Pachon, a leader of the Farmers Dignity movement that went on strike last week already, confirmed to Colombia Reports that his organization is friendly with the Agrarian Summit, but decided to stay independent because of the political nature of the demands of the fellow-strikers.
The farmers strike is solely about improving the economic situation of farmers and does not want to get involved with other political issues facing Colombia, said Pachon.
What is the Agrarian Summit?
[The Agrarian Summit] represents the economic, social, environmental, cultural and territorial political demands of historically marginalized and excluded communities, is a wake-up call to the national government on the urgency of structurally addressing problems of the rural population that wants to claim its rights, says the Patriotic March on its website.
The Summit brings together 30 thousand people from all over the country, claims the organization led by former Senator Piedad Cordoba.
The purpose of the collectives strike is to force the government to comply with agreements made at the end of national strikes last year.
[We agreed on] days of mobilization and agrarian strike motivated by the breach of the agreements by the government, poor economic policy in the agricultural sector and effective response to our eight-point list of demands.
A number of the group demands are related to changes in Colombian economic policies and the expansion of ongoing talks with rebel groups.
The social movements of the Agrarian Strike will take place all over the country.[/QUOTE]
Colombia's rural strikes expand as leftists, minorities and more farmers join - Colombia News | Colombia Reports
It was a pretty violent weekend which is not mentioned in the article.
