Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos has himself to blame for losing electoral support on the countryside after numerous protests to improve living conditions were mishandled, according to rural leaders.
Talks between the Colombian government and striking farm-workers recommenced Monday, as strike leaders announced a temporary suspension of protest activities, national media reported.
Colombian rural leaders prematurely walked out of a protocolary photo shoot with President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday, leaving the presidential palace wearing bullet proof vests instead of their traditional…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos ordered his ministers to continue talks with agricultural representatives after Monday saw mass demonstrations by farmers grip the country’s capital Bogota.
Approximately 30,000 Colombian farmers and rural protesters took to the streets of Bogota Monday demanding the government fulfill previous promises and take steps to address the dire conditions facing the…
A rural leader who has been negotiating with Colombia’s government for increased support for the nation’s farmers said on Friday that there is an assassination plot on his life worth…
The government’s recent purchase of potatoes, although completing a short-term goal and successfully ending recent strikes, did not satisfy the demands of Colombia’s farmers, according to an agricultural organizer.