Unless government acts, Colombia at dawn of new political ‘genocide’: Leftist leader
With 70 members killed and 232 having received death threats, the leader of social umbrella...
Tag: Patriotic March
Colombia peace with FARC under pressure over paramilitary-like violence
A surge in killings of human rights defenders put pressure on Colombia’s conservative...
Southwest Colombia returns to calm as protesters, govt prepare for ‘historic’ talks
After two weeks of intense demonstrations up much of the coastline, strikers in southwestern...
Colombia’s rural strikes expand as leftists, minorities and more farmers join
A collective of leftist organizations and representatives of ethnic minorities on Monday joined...
Colombian criminal gang calls for assassination of left-wing political leaders
Colombia’s second largest criminal organization has released a pamphlet calling for the...
Govt offers leftist social movement full political participation
Colombia’s Minister of Interior on Thursday said the “National Government…offers all guarantees [that the] Patriotic March” will be able to participate in politics, reported local media. “It is very...
‘Indignant’ march descends into riots in Bogota
Protests in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Friday, descended into chaos leaving one injured and more than 10 arrested, according to reports. Thousands of protesters converged at Plaza Bolivar in central Bogota where...
New left-wing party not associated with FARC: Cordoba
Former Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba on Monday denied accusations her new left-wing movement is associated with guerrilla group FARC. Cordoba, defended her Patriotic March movement on Monday in response to the Defense...
5,000 peasants march against armed conflict in southern Colombia
5,000 peasants marched in protest of the FARC’s use of landmines and government abuses in Colombia’s southern Putumayo department. reported local media Friday. Organizers said the general goal of the march was to seek a...
Alleged murder plot against leftist magazine editor uncovered
Carlos Lozano, editor of the leftist weekly magazine “La Voz,” said “a credible source” revealed there is a $200,000 bounty on his head. Lozano said that Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias “Don...
Santos asks if National Patriotic Council has guerrilla ties
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos Thursday called for an end to “ambiguities” over whether the country’s new political part, the National Patriotic Council, had links to illegal armed groups. The...
