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| Coca Workers Riot Against U.S. Spray Effort |
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Posted by FoM on June 13, 2001 at 08:33:55 PT By Juan O. Tamayo Source: Miami Herald 
Riot police battled about 3,000 demonstrators in this farming community Tuesday as angry coca leaf pickers who burned down a refueling base for U.S. spray aircraft continued to protest the eradication of their fields with herbicides.The rioting, which began during the weekend, represents the most open and violent display of opposition by coca farmers and field hands to fumigation efforts under the U.S.-supported Plan Colombia, a $1.3 billion program designed to reduce the cultivation of the plant used to produce cocaine. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #10 posted by SWAMPIE on June 14, 2001 at 02:02:25 PT |
| THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE IN K-MART,OR ANY STORE THAT SELLS YARD CHEMICALS,READ A BOTTLE OF "ROUNDUP"AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES JUST HOW BAD THIS STUFF REALLY IS!!! SCARY TO SAY THE LEAST!!!! SWAMPIE [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #7 posted by SWAMPIE on June 14, 2001 at 01:56:38 PT |
| Where were the rebels whenthey needed them?They could easily have burned the planes too! They should protect these poor people!Their brothers....BURN THE PLANES!!!!! TIME TO OVERGROW THE GOVERNMENT!PLANT YOUR SEEDS NOW!EVERYWHERE!!!! ONWARD THROUGH THE FOG! SWAMPIE [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #6 posted by Pontifex on June 13, 2001 at 12:21:22 PT:
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| So how do you stop riots caused by prohibition? Hmm, let's see: Cárdenas declared an overnight curfew and Oh yeah, that ought to do the trick. If the peasants The U.S. State Department and its Columbian shills [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by FoM on June 13, 2001 at 11:06:13 PT |
| I found three pictures on CNN in this article. That's all so far. Hope this helps! http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/06/13/colombia.coca.protests.ap/index.html [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #4 posted by JJM on June 13, 2001 at 10:32:04 PT:
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| Anyone with video or stills of this incident PLEASE email news@narcosoft.com Jose Melendez [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #3 posted by Ethan Russo, MD on June 13, 2001 at 10:28:16 PT:
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| Dope-Busters! That is, Amerika, the Yanqui capitalist imperialist dogs. This scenario was totally expected and is the ultimate result and responsibility of a policy that is futile, ill-conceived, and environmentally disastrous. It is a searing indictment of Plan Colombia. STOP THE WAR! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by New Mexican on June 13, 2001 at 09:55:21 PT |
| Folks, does this make you sick? Your tax dollars are being used to kill, sicken and destroy these peace loving, indigenous people in the nane of the drug war! Rise up now folks, before it is too late! The civilized world is calling for Bush's arrest for crimes against humanity, are we going to sit back and act like we're not concerned that our leaders are out of control! This is totally outrageous! Save the world from the U.S, now! [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #1 posted by Sudaca on June 13, 2001 at 08:45:04 PT |
| "Protest leaders complained the glyphosate is killing food crops as well as coca and making their children and farm animals sick -- allegations repeatedly made by farmers in other spray campaigns and just as repeatedly denied by U.S. and Colombian officials in charge of the fumigation." this is sick. So now will the US provide riot police to help stifle the opposition? Are Mr. Hutchinson and company going to go down to Colombia to tell the desperate people that they're wrong, that "roundup" is harmless and they are all deserving of Plan Colombia? How many children will have to die in Colombia before the "sends a wrong message" crowd will realize what they're doing? [ Post Comment ] |
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