Social leaders have asked Colombians to massively bang on pots and pans on new year’s eve as protests against the unpopular President Ivan Duque resume. The new year’s eve “cacerolazo”…
The plummeting approval rating of Colombia’s president Ivan Duque follows crises in the country’s mass media that have traditionally upheld the so-called “propaganda model.” The ongoing anti-government protests coincide with…
Colombia’s government last week reopened the door for peace talks with the ELN guerrilla group, whose very nature makes successful talks extremely difficult. Unlike the FARC, the guerrilla group that…
Colombia’s ongoing protests have not just pushed the government, but also the country’s corporate media, into avcorner. The country’s commercial television networks and leading newspapers, in particular, are under fire…
The fatal mismanagement of Colombia’s anti-government protests is likely to create a few vacancies if President Ivan Duque wants to finish his term. Monday’s death of an 18-year-old unarmed protester…
Colombia’s government is on the edge of its seat as labor unions are on strike and a multitude of social organizations have announced massive anti-government protests. The strike was initially…
What began as a normal labor union strike has morphed into what could be Colombia’s biggest anti-government protest in recent memory. Here’s how that happened. Much has to do with…
A journalist was reportedly assaulted by police after asking Colombia’s President Ivan Duque on Wednesday about a bombing that killed eight children he authorized. “What are you talking about, man?”…
President Ivan Duque’s plan to send 2,500 soldiers to Cauca in southwest Colombia may be a military offensive against indigenous authorities rather than narco-guerrillas. The announcement triggered a red alert…