Louis Edgar Esparza

A sugarcane worker looks on as he listens to a human rights worker telling him his labor rights and civil rights.

A row of housing for sugarcane workers and their families outside of the Florida plantation.

A small group of workers dressed a military personnel try to enter the Manuelita plantation to work for the day, but are spotted by a group of striking workers. Military officers form a protective circle around them as a mob begins to form. (Photo Credit: Adriana Ferrer)

Tarsicio Mora Godoy, President of the CUT, the major central coalition of unions in Colombia, speaks to a crowd of families who are rallying in support of the sugarcane worker strike.

A group of sugarcane workers accompany Senator Alexander Lopez Maya of Valle del Cauca of the Polo Democratico, Colombia’s Left-wing party, as he tours the grounds of the Incauca plantation.

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