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Trade commissioner Ashton listens to MEPs in the parliament (Photo: EUobserver)

Human rights no block to EU-Colombia talks

As the European Union this week launches another round of negotiations with Colombia on a free trade agreement, trade unionists who live daily under the gun of right-wing paramilitaries linked to the government have in Brussels in the last week pleaded with the EU executive to suspend the talks.

A third round of trade negotiations will take place in Brussels from 5-8 May between the European Commission and Colombia. But labour and indigenous leaders say that country is the most dangerou...

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Trade commissioner Ashton listens to MEPs in the parliament (Photo: EUobserver)

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