Enrico Tortolano has written in the Tribune about the case of Pedro Zamora, the case of the murdered Guatemalan trade unionist (link to Tribune).

"Pedro Zamora, General Secretary of the Guatemalan STEPQ dockers' union was shot 20 times by multiple assailants who ambushed him and his children on Monday, January 15.  After firing 100 shots, one walked up to the wounded Zamora and shot him at point blank range in the face. Three-year-old Angel was wounded in the attack.  Zamora's last act had been to push the children to the floor to try and protect them. Since the murder, the five surviving leaders of the STEPQ union have received telephoned death threats, that they are subject to surveillance. Their families are also being threatened."

For more information on progress in the investigation of the Zamora case - see the International Trade Federation website.

Another trade unionist, Marco Tulio Ramirez Portela, was murdered recently (23-09-07). You can read an excellent article by Kimberley Kern on this case and what you can do to voice your concerns here.

“On September 23rd Marco Tulio Portela Ramirez, a union organizer, was brutally gunned down outside his home as he prepared to go to work at the Bandegua banana plantation, a subsidiary of Del Monte Fresh Produce.”