What's behind the strikes in Co-Politics,' of course, is it any coincidence that Colombia's presidential election Is just days away and opponents of current President Alvaro. Uribe Velez strongly sypport the strikes? Not at all, a savvy observer of Colombia's coal industry told Coal Americas. "This is designed to embarrass Uribe's government and make him look weak, but I think it will have some long-term implications for the coal industry in Colombia," the observer said. "I don't know if the strike will con tinue for as long as 60 days, but I doubt if will end in three days or a week," the observer said, "Drummond will not want this to happen again, 1 think it will take a hardened position, Workers will be shown how much can be lost. When you have a strike everyone gets hurt."
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