50 Activists Slain in Colombia Under Santos, Opposition Says

[Judi Lynn]

Caracas,
Wednesday
November 10,2010

50 Activists Slain in Colombia Under Santos, Opposition Says


BOGOTA – Around 50 political activists have been murdered in Colombia since President Juan Manuel Santos took office in August, the opposition PDA party said Tuesday.

The victims have included leftist politicians, union members, peasant and indigenous leaders as well as human rights defenders, PDA chief Clara Lopez said in a report presented to the leftist party’s National Executive Committee.

She spoke of a humanitarian crisis, with “verifiable numbers” and documented cases, as part of a broader pattern of threats and killings that the PDA will continue to monitor.

Colombia faces “an extermination plan against the social sectors and vulnerable population without the government’s having reacted to provide sufficient guarantees of life, honor and property,” Lopez said.

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[Phil The Cat]

1. Why is Chavez making nice with Santos?

I had hoped President Chavez would stand up against the RWers in Columbia!

I suppose "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" applies here?