By Roxanne Lawson and Tim Newman

Liberia is rich in natural resources and Africa’s largest producer of natural rubber. It is also one of the world's poorest countries. Liberia's impoverishment is directly related to the wealth generated from its natural resources; wealth that because of a history of inequality and exploitation benefits multinational corporations and some wealthy Liberians at the expense of the citizens of Liberia. However, many Liberians, along with international allies, are actively resisting this unjust system.

CEBU CITY -- (UPDATE) An American labor lawyer scheduled to attend a civil society conference parallel to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business Forum here was denied entry at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) late Wednesday evening.

Brian Campbell is believed to be the first foreign activist on the way to attending alternative forums and activities in the course of the

12th ASEAN Summit to be turned away.

Immigration officials on Thursday confirmed stopping Campbell and putting him on the next flight back to Hong Kong.

Se fundamentan en versiones de sindicalistas en Colombia en el sentido de que el cierre del mayor cultivo de flores de Dole cerca de Bogotá fue porque sus trabajadores estaban sindicalizados.

Las dudas han sido expresdas por tres congresistas demócratas, Jan Schakowsky, Barbara Lee y Linda Sánchez, de visita en Colombia la semana pasada.

Hundreds of thousands of workers toil without pay in Latin America, producing timber, gold and the charcoal used to make steel. Their labor goes into materials bought by major companies--including General Motors, Kohler, Toyota and Whirlpool.

By Michael Smith and David Voreacos