20 July 2011

COLOMBIA: 10,000 Oil Workers Go On Strike...In Puerto Gaitan; Violence Flares.

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    Some 10,000 eastern Colombia oil workers have gone on strike to protest dismissals of 1,100 contractors.
    The work stoppage and protest has injured at least 6...with 7 trucks and vehicles torched...in Puerto Gaitan.
    The shutdown has reduced oil production there by 177k bbls daily.