Colombian students begin two-day protests
Colombia’s national student union launched a two-day protests campaign on Tuesday to pressure the government to make substantive steps toward a pending education reform.
Colombia’s national student union launched a two-day protests campaign on Tuesday to pressure the government to make substantive steps toward a pending education reform.
Colombia’s main student organization on Monday announced to shut down higher education on October 16 and 17 to force the government to make progress in education reforms promised years ago.
The Bogota campus of the National University of Colombia returned to working normally on Monday, after over three weeks of strikes and lock-ins on the part of a disgruntled group…
The “indefinite” teachers strike lasted one day before labor leaders reached a deal with Colombian’s government, putting an end to work stoppages.
Colombia’s national university student union (MANE) is planning a nationwide torch-bearing protest for Wednesday, as a show of support for the start of a teachers strike and an ongoing agricultural…
Just as Colombia’s government managed to start talks with the country’s striking agriculture sector, the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos will now have to contend with a shutdown of…
Colombia’s largest student organization takes to the street on Thursday to show solidarity with ongoing strikes throughout the country. According to the students, they might join what has already become…
Workers of Bogota’s National University, Colombia’s largest university, went on strike Tuesday, forcing the university to suspend classes for its 30,000 students.
Colombia’s teachers threaten to join an ongoing national strike and shut down the country’s public education system unless the government keeps made promises regarding labor conditions.