The city of Popayan in southwestern Colombia was reportedly “shut off” from the rest of the country Monday, and as a result, citizens are living through a “critical situation” due to the country-wide coffee strike.
The governor of the southwestern Cauca department on Sunday said that road blocks on routes leading up to Popayan had thrust the city into a “dramatic situation.”
The city on Monday reported a complete lack of basic food stuffs due to the difficulties of transporting goods. Movement within the city was similarly limited due to congestion and a lack of gasoline, while local hospitals said their patients could be affected by the strike because the hospitals have not received their normal medical shipments. The latter led Agriculture Minister
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Reports of disturbances came flooding in on Monday from different regions of the country. In the south-central Huila department, authorities declared a “sanitary emergency” because trash could not be collected.
According to reports, 25 protestors were injured Saturday as Colombian