In an attempt to end ongoing agricultural strikes, Colombia’s government agreed on Wednesday to freeze a controversial 2010 resolution that allowed the destruction of seeds and food produced by seeds…
Thousands of indigenous people and farmers on Tuesday took to the streets in southwest Colombia in support of the ongoing farmer’s strikes. Protesters explicitly demonstrated against free trade agreements (FTA’s).
President Juan Manuel Santos admitted Thursday that problems facing Colombia’s agricultural sector amount to “a crisis,” calling the agriculture strikes gripping the country a “storm” that his government must and…
Colombian authorities arrested one of the organizers of an ongoing national strike on terrorism charges after accusing him of having ties to rebel group FARC.
According to reports from organizers and government forces, protests during the first five days of Colombia’s coordinated national strikes produced two deaths, 175 arrests and countless injuries to person and…
The first day of farmer protests that mobilized hundreds of thousands of Colombia’s agrarian workers on Monday were “not of the expected magnitude,” said President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday.
The government will respect the agriculture sector’s right to protest, said Colombia’s Vice-President Angelino Garzon, so long as the demonstrations planned to kick off Monday are peaceful. At a press…
Colombia’s coffee growers will not lay down work completely during the unified national strikes that kick off on Monday. According to a strike leader, the growers do not want to further harm…
Colombia’s new program designed to deliver subsidies directly to coffee farmers went into effect Monday, but that might not be enough to ward off the second national industry strike this…