Higher education will reform with or without the government’s support, said Colombia’s Congress according to newspaper El Espectador on Tuesday. Senate President Roy Barreras Montealegre held ongoing meetings with the…
Bus driver protests in Colombia’s third largest city of Cali turn into chaos with several people allegedly suffering burn injuries from a firebomb Tuesday. Bus drivers have been protesting against…
Sources within the indigenous movement in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department claimed one person was killed and 23 people wounded as the army retook a base that was occupied by protesters Tuesday,…
The prosecutor general will investigate claims that the indigenous protests in southwest Colombia are FARC infiltrated, local media reported Wednesday. The investigative arm of Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office, the CTI,…
Hundreds of Colombian workers blocked two bridges on the Colombian-Venezuelan border on Thursday to protest Venezuela’s crackdown on cross-border smuggling of food and fuel. The protesters shut down traffic on…
Five thousand teachers, union workers, and even moto-taxi drivers clogged the streets of Bogota Wednesday to protest foreign workers encroachment on their jobs. The planned march, though peaceful, has city workers…
Colombia sent a commission to Argentina to investigate a bomb threat against a former Colombian president, Wednesday. Colombian General Oscar Naranjo said, “We’ve contacted the Argentinian authorities and recently sent…
Taxi drivers in Bogota have staged a protest against rising gas prices, RCN Radio reported Monday. According to reports, taxi drivers blocked roads and caused traffic jams in different points…
Colombia’s Presidential Guard and protesters clashed over the pay and pensions of retired police and military at the Presidential Palace in Bogota Wednesday. The security personnel closed the gates to…