Schools, public transport and shops in west Colombia resumed activities on Thursday after government promises to end chronic state neglect in the Pacific Choco province. The locals went on a massive…
Seven days after Colombia’s Pacific province Choco went on strike over chronic state neglect, representatives of the national government met with strike leaders and agreed to measures to resolve the…
Inhabitants of Colombia’s western Choco province have been on strike for days to demand improvement of their unbearable living conditions. Here is why. For decades, if not centuries, the province…
President Juan Manuel Santos’ controversial handling of escalating protests in west Colombia is severely harming his ability to successfully promote a fiercely contested peace deal with leftist FARC rebels. While the president and his…
Inhabitants of the impoverished Choco province in west Colombia have gone on strike and vow not to return to work until the national government takes action to curb rampant state…
Colombia’s western Choco province is increasingly torn apart by turf wars between left-wing guerrillas and their neo-paramilitary rivals, putting hundreds of people at extreme risk of displacement. Choco is located in the…
Fighting between leftist ELN rebels and neo-paramilitary rivals from the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC) forced the displacement of the inhabitants of a village in west Colombia. The mass displacement…
Inhabitants of the predominantly black province of Choco in west Colombia refused to celebrate Independence Day Wednesday. Instead, thousands took to the street to demand an end to state neglect and…
Locals from the Choco, a province located on Colombia’s Pacific coast, announced they will not celebrate the country’s independence day on July 20, but instead call to end to state neglect.…