Guest Commentator

Charo Mina Rojas

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Charo Mina Rojas, is the National Advocacy and Outreach Coordinator of the Black Communities" Process (PCN, by its acronym in Spanish), International Working Group, and member of the Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network (ACSN). Click here to contact Charo. Also visit: www.afrocolombians.com

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Guest Commentary

The US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: A Partnership in Black Land Dispossession

By Charo Mina Rojas Guest Commentator

As with Afro-descendants in the United States, Afro-descendant communities in Colombia have been losing their lands at an unprecedented rate over the last decade and a half. In the United States, the number of African-American farmers has declined by 98 percent since 1920. By 2001, African-Americans were losing 1000 acres of land per day, with…

As with Afro-descendants in the United States, Afro-descendant communities in Colombia have been losing their lands at an unprecedented rate over the last decade and a…

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Guest Commentary

Congress Must Reject Us-Colombia Free Trade Pact

By Charo Mina Rojas Guest Commentator

As the US Congress considers whether to ratify a free trade agreement with Colombia put forward by the Obama Administration, Colombian and other activists based in the US have put out an urgent call for such ratification to be refused. NGOs are urging members of Congress to oppose ratification of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement…

As the US Congress considers whether to ratify a free trade agreement with Colombia put forward by the Obama Administration, Colombian and other activists based in…

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