Protesters demand U.S. out of Colombia
Opponents of U.S. intervention in Colombia rallied Aug. 7 to
protest the inauguration of Avaro Uribe as the new president of
Colombia. Uribe, whose campaign was supported by Washington,
has longstanding ties to right-wing paramilitary death
squads.
Over 100 people came to the traditional anti-war rallying
site at Powell and Market streets in San Francisco.
Demonstrators condemned the Bush Administration's recent
authorization of $1.7 billion in aid to be used directly
against popular revolutionary organizations that are trying to
free Colombia from the yoke of imperialism.
The protest was called by the Committee for a New Colombia
and endorsed by a number of Bay Area organizations, including
the International ANSWER coalition and Workers World Party.
In New York City, the Committee to Stop U.S. War in Colombia
under the auspices of the International Action Center rallied
in front of the Colombian Consulate on 57th St. The Colombia
Action Committee, Social Justice in Colombia Committee and
others joined the protest. Several television and radio
stations covered the event.
Hector Castro, a labor unionist from Colombia living in the
U.S. because of paramilitary death squad threats, spoke at the
rally.
--Teresa Gutierrez and Bill
Hackwell
Reprinted from the Aug. 22, 2002, issue of
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