Colombia partly shut down on Tuesday with teachers, state employees and virtually the entire western Choco province on strike. Citizens in the Pacific Choco province have engaged in an all-out civic strike since…
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Colombia’s western Choco province will engage in an all-out civic strike again on Wednesday following the failure of the national government to fulfill promises made to alleviate rampant state neglect,…
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While President Juan Manuel Santos praised a drop in Colombia’s GINI coefficient, the country’s statistics agency on Wednesday released statistics showing that poverty in 2016 went up for the first time…
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Inhabitants of Colombia’s western Choco province have been on strike for days to demand improvement of their unbearable living conditions. Here is why. For decades, if not centuries, the province…
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Colombia’s government is paying benefits to more than 230,000 dead citizens, according to an audit of the country’s social security system. The audit of the SISBEN revealed that the subsidies…
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At least 137 children have died of starvation in Colombia so far this year, the National Health Institute (INS) announced Monday. According to the INS, last week alone six children died…
Colombia has traditionally been one of Latin America’s most unequal countries with the highest poverty and inequality rates in the region. Colombia poverty and inequality statistics was last modified: April…
Inhabitants of the impoverished Choco province in west Colombia have gone on strike and vow not to return to work until the national government takes action to curb rampant state…
Almost one in every 10 children in Colombia is subjected to illegal child labor, especially in rural areas where more than 15% work rather than going to school, according to…