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Colombia's labor unions receive death threats as government considering negotiations to end protests
by Adriaan Alsema December 19, 2019
Colombia’s government is inching towards negotiations to end weekly-long anti-government protests as strike leaders on Thursday denounced new death threats.
The government agreed to study 104 specifications of the 13 demands after a meeting on Tuesday, government representative Diego Molano told conservative radio station RCN.
The National Strike Committee, whose strikes sparked the anti-government protests, said that the government was holding off negotiations on the demands that seek far-reaching economic and peace policy changes.
Union leaders who take part in the committee said Wednesday they received new death threats from the “Aguilas Negras,” a far-right group believed to have ties to the security forces.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-labor-unions-receive-death-threats-as-government-considering-negotiations-to-end-protests/
