A Dirtier War: Colombia's Fake "Peace Process" and US Policy http://upsidedownworld.org/main/colombia-archives-61/791-a-dirtier-war-colombias-fake-qpeace-processq-and-us-policy

Nor do the Democratic proposals appear to include any new mechanisms for ensuring that remaining military aid is not used to commit human rights abuses. The Democrats claim to be devoted to justice for Colombia's struggling social movements; yet, as evidence presented in this article amply demonstrates, the military and government they're funding continues to collaborate with deathsquads in violently suppressing those activists brave enough to speak out. Democrats claim to be especially concerned about labor rights;

yet, the President they're prepared to hand some $600 million to has presided over the assassination of some 400 trade unionists, almost all of which have been carried out with impunity. As in the past, the majority of these killings are blamed on deathsquads allied with the Colombian state and, as has become clear recently, Uribe's political network in the government. (7)