Colombia and the TLC : Just Who Benefits from 'Free Trade'? http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/colombia-and-tlc-just-who-benefits-from.html

Colombia and the TLC:Jobs, deficits, and keeping 'free trade' alive The organizations that stand to benefit the most from this trade agreement -- U.S. multinational corporations -- have been involved in aiding and abetting [the] bloodshed [against trade unionists].

Colombia today has some of the worst labor rights violations in the world. Trade unionists are routinely murdered, tortured, and threatened with death: since 1991, over 2200 have been assassinated. Many of these extrajudicial killings have been directly linked to the Colombian Military and the President's own secret police, the Administrative Department for Security or Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS).Out of so many murders, there have been only 37 convictions. The FTA/TLC will only embolden anti-union attacks here.