The problems facing Colombia’s public universities
As education reform is put on the back burner, the core problems affecting Colombia’s system of...
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Colombian universities draft education reform bill
Colombian university leaders have provided details of their proposed new education reform plan, reported local media Monday. After a meeting at the Medellin branch of Colombia’s National University, the country’s...
Colombia calls on students, teachers to help reform higher education
The Colombian government has called on everyone involved in higher education to nominate their representatives for in a nationwide reform process. In a statement Tuesday, Education Minister Maria Fernanda Campo called on...
Colombia’s students win their battle, education reform thrown out
Colombia’s Congress has voted to withdraw the government’s controversial higher education reform bill, in a resounding victory for student protesters. Students, who have been on strike for five weeks against a bill...
Colombia, Chile student protesters go continental
Colombian and Chilean students have come together in an attempt to spread their protest across Latin America. The protesters, who in both countries are demanding their governments improve higher education, want to organize a...
Students must end strike immediately: Santos (again)
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has urged student protesters to go back to school, following four weeks of strikes which have paralyzed universities across the country. President Santos wrote on his Twitter...
Students should not trust Santos: Cordoba
Colombian ex-Senator Piedad Cordoba has congratulated student protesters and warned them not to fall for the president’s “trick”. Addressing a crowd of thousands in Plaza de Bolivar, where protesters gathered...
Students plan to occupy Bogota central square
Students protesting higher education reform have announced plans to set up a permanent camp on Bogota’s central Plaza Bolivar, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. The camp will be set up in Plaza de Bolivar following a day...
Workers to join students in nationwide protest against Colombian education reform
Workers, taxi drivers and truckers across Colombia will join Thursday’s student protests in a show of solidarity, reported RCN Radio Tuesday. The Confederation of Workers, the Confederation of Labor, the Colombian...
Student protesters to stage kiss-in, night carnival
Colombian students across the country plan a night carnival for Thursday, to culminate in a kiss-in, as part of their ongoing protest against higher education reforms. The festivities will begin at 4PM at the Plaza de Bolivar in...
Education reform debate should be in Congress, not streets: Santos
Public deliberation about education reform should take place in Congress and not in the streets, President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday, in response to nationwide student protests. “The road to deliberation that...
Colombian students in massive protest against university reforms
Tens of thousands of students took to the streets in several Colombian cities Wednesday to protest against a planned reform of the country’s higher education. According to local media, the march occured largely without...
