Chicago Calls for Peace with Justice in Colombia

When: March 6, 2008, 4 p.m.
Where: Vigil in front of the Colombian Consulate in Chicago - 500 North Michigan Ave.

On March 6th across Latin America, Europe and North America there will be marches and protest actions demanding an end to state terrorism by the Colombia government. The March 6th actions were called by organizations in Colombia, including trade unions, human rights groups, student organizations and more. See www.movimientodevictimas.org for more information.

The March 6th actions were called by organizations in Colombia, including trade unions, human rights groups, student organizations and more.

Since Uribe became president in 2002 and began his policy of "democratic security", 955 people have been executed extra-judicially and 7,500 detained arbitrarily. 486 people were assassinated in 2007.

3,855,000 displaced persons - 31,000 "disappeared persons" since 1990
3,000 known mass graves with 10,000 bodies - 800 murders a year by paramilitaries
1,771 trade unionists murdered in the last decade

No more mass graves, no more forced displacement, no more paramilitaries, no more paramilitary politicians, no more crimes by the State, no more US military aid to Colombia!

"For far too long, Colombians have suffered torture, displacement, disappearance, and general misery under the dark shadow of paramilitary and military terror, constantly taking new and more menacing forms. To our everlasting shame, citizens of the United States have unwittingly made a decisive contribution to these horrors for close to half a century. The vigil on March 6 is a courageous stand by the victims and their supporters, in Colombia and around the world, a passionate plea for this savagery to be brought to a final end. Please join them in any way you can, and help to bring to this wonderful country the justice and peace that its people richly deserve. "

- Noam Chomsky-