Canada Backs Colombia's
Growing Embrace of US Military
by Anthony Fenton
And why might that be?
Columbia's new presidente, Juan Manuel Santos
"Canadian mining, oil and gas companies are Colombia's third biggest
source of foreign investment, operating almost exclusively in remote
zones of the country where armed protection is a precondition to
profit."* [Read surrounding context & full story by Arno Kopecky,
who notes that he "has a Global Fellowship with the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation to investigate Canadian ties with Latin America," at The Tyee].
In
related news, a "
Justice for Colombia" delegation, including IMF general secretary
Jyrki Raina, visit Colombia to maintain international pressure on
newly-elected Colombian government for improved human and trade union
rights."
*This investment recently got even bigger, with Talisman's acquisition of BP's Colombian mining assets, in a $1.9 billion deal with Colombia’s state-run Ecopetrol. No stranger to operating in the midst of counterinsurgency wars, Talisman is also active in (still-) occupied Iraq.
