AUDIO-Demonstrations and repression mark Workers’ Day celebration in Colombia http://www.radiomundoreal.fm/You-can-t-crush-us?lang=es

The largest social demonstrations of the recent years took place in Colombia – especially in Bogota and Cali- on May 1st to mark the International Workers’ Day. In response to this, outgoing Alvaro Uribe’s administration launched a brutal crackdown.The Colombian political situation, preceded by the big scandals as a result of the persecution against opponents, teachers and journalists, as well as the backwards agrarian, labor and social security policies for the central administration, led several social sectors to protest against these policies and to demand new working conditions and new social policies.