Residents of Bogota and Medellin continued to report brutal police repression of anti-government protests while Colombia’s third largest city Cali retook the streets on Saturday. The massive turnout followed days…
President Ivan Duque was humiliated on Saturday when Colombia’s mayors rejected his idea to militarize cities to quell anti-government protests. In a television address, Duque seemed determines to fulfil his…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque is facing a popular uprising after a tax reform proposal caused indignation, which police brutality turned into fury. The proposal of Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla was…
The movement Defendamos La Paz urges all Colombia’s authorities, and in particular the national government, to give a democratic response to the protests that millions of Colombians have been carrying…
Twitter deleted a tweet of Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe, claiming the far-right politician was “glorifying violence” during anti-government protests. The intervention of the social media platform followed mass indignation…
Colombia’s increasingly authoritarian President Ivan Duque failed to discredit critics on Wednesday by associating them with violence largely instigated by the police. In his daily propaganda show, Duque highlighted violent…
Colombia’s military illegally spied on organizers of Wednesday’s protests against far-right President Ivan Duque, leaked military intelligence documents indicate. The 36-page intelligence report was leaked to investigative journalism collective Hacker…
Protests in opposition of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque revived peacefully in much of Colombia despite police crackdowns violence in Bogota, Medellin and Cali. Many political opposition leaders called on people…
Support for a national strike on Wednesday skyrocketed on Tuesday amid extreme tensions with the national government. Defense Minister Diego Molano said he would “guarantee the security and peace of…