…Colombia’s…anti-riot police…attacked Afro-Colombian Port Workers…[on] a strike…As a result, three male workers were gravely injured and a pregnant worker was beaten. The workers went on strike…after negotiations with TECSA (Terminal Especializado de Contenedores de Buenaventura S.A.)…failed…While the situation in the Buenaventura port is bad, the workers in the Turbo port also experience abuse…despite the commitments of the Labor Action Plan, working conditions for Afro-Colombian workers remain especially abysmal, with companies…refusing to accept any trade union activity and discriminating against workers involved in organizing. In addition to anti-union hostility, we fear that such ill treatment is motivated by long-standing racial prejudice against Afrodescendents…