Colombia’s miners announce end to 2-month strike
Colombia’s national miners union (CONALMINERCOL) announced Tuesday it will be lifting its national work stoppage after nearly two months of nationwide strikes.
Colombia’s national miners union (CONALMINERCOL) announced Tuesday it will be lifting its national work stoppage after nearly two months of nationwide strikes.
A flood of reported cases of abuse against Colombian journalists in the last two days of national protests led an international journalist watchdog group to pen an open letter to…
For thousands of small and medium-scale miners who have been on strike throughout Colombia since the middle of July, Monday will be a day more or less similar to any…
Seven people have died and four were left injured after the driver of a pick-up truck lost control of his vehicle after being attacked by protesting miners, authorities in northern…
The main route to Buenaventura, Colombia’s main port on the Pacific coast, has been cleared by security forces amid protests by miners, reported local media on Friday.
Strikes carried out by miners that are taking place across Colombia, but turned deadly on Wednesday as security forces attempted to impede roadblocks, killing two protesters.
Colombian small and medium-sized mining entities on Wednesday went on strike to demand attention from the government who the strikers blame of preferring multinationals.
Union workers and Cerrejon LLC, Colombia’s largest coal miner, on Monday reportedly reached a tenuous agreement. “After arduous negotiations…the Sintracarbon (union) commission and Cerrejon have built agreements to govern the…
Colombian authorities claimed on Sunday that FARC rebels interfered with a miners strike that began last weekend in the northern region of Bajo Cauca, Antioquia. Police officials reported that FARC…