Around 1,000 students protested took to the streets of the Colombian capital Bogota demanding mayor Gustavo Petro take actions against corruption in the city’s academic institutions, national media reported Monday.
Rural protests that kicked off across Colombia last week have turned violent over the weekend in the southwest of the country, protest organizers and authorities said Monday.
A collective of leftist organizations and representatives of ethnic minorities on Monday joined ongoing strikes carried out by farmers, miners and truckers in Colombia’s countryside.
The Colombian vice-minister of agriculture and the leaders of the nationwide agrarian strike have failed to come to an agreement as the demonstrations enter their fifth day, local media reported.
The United Nations reported Thursday that 247 indigenous people from Colombia’s southern state of Putumayo have received threats, according to local media.
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Government claims that Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, has infiltrated ongoing national strikes are “inventions,” FARC told national media on Monday.
Colombia’s Defense Minister claimed on Thursday that armed groups are planning to infiltrate a national agricultural strike kicking off on Monday.
Members of the coalition of political parties supporting Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reelection campaign blame the president’s campaign manager for being inefficient and abusing of his power, newspaper El…