NGOs urge EU to strike down Colombia trade deal http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/14947-over-200-ngos-urge-eu-to-reject-fta-with-colombia.html

More than 200 non-governmental organizations sign a manifesto calling on the European Union to strike down its free trade agreement with Colombia."The treaty inhibits the ability of states to promote policies of economic and social development," Enrique Daza said during the presentation of the manifesto at the European Parliament's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.He singled out Colombia as being particularly at risk, warning of the "destruction" of the rural economy and danger to some 200,000 families that currently rely on the production of milk to survive.

[also see>Dairy farmers march in Bogota against trade deal http://www.bilaterals.org/spip.php?article19201 Representatives of dairy businesses from across Colombia meet in Bogota to protest against the pending free trade agreement with the US, fearing it will ruin nearly 480,000 producers who have less than 10 cows, and thereby damaging food security for the country, especially in rural areas. Colombian dairy farmers from around the country protested against a planned FTA with the E.U. which was eventually signed by former President Alvaro Uribe on May 19, 2010 in Madrid.http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/9770-dairy-farmers-launch-final-protest-ahead-of-eu-fta-signing.html http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/9770-dairy-farmers-launch-final-protest-ahead-of-eu-fta-signing.html

The Second Conquest: The EU Free Trade Agreement with Colombia and Peru http://www.tni.org/report/second-conquest-eu-free-trade-agreement-colombia-and-peru  The neoliberal FTAs pursued by the EU with Colombia and Peru threaten to exacerbate human rights abuses - which include killings of trade unionists, forced expropriations of indigenous people from land, and environmental destruction - for the sake of corporate profit.