Colombia’s largest labor unions and a myriad of social and student organizations begun a major national strike on Thursday, citing major nonconformity with the government’s socio-economic policies.
Hundreds of taxi drivers from across Colombia arrived late Sunday in Bogota to protest taxi app Uber. They will be joined by labor unions, students, miners, truckers and farmers on Wednesday.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Colombia on Tuesday, International Women’s Day, to raise awareness about women’s rights and ongoing gender inequality in society.
Colombia’s conservative opposition, led by former President Alvaro Uribe, announced to organize an anti-government march on April 2, two weeks after social organizations and unions plan a national strike.
Colombia’s aviation authority, Aerocivil, said Monday it had maximized security measures at airports throughout the country, claiming students want to target airports as part of anti-government protests.
A number of mayors from northern Colombia chained themselves to the entrance of the local energy company in Cartagena in protest of repeated outages and proposed rising costs.
Hundreds of people blocked Bogota’s southern highway and a mass transit bus system station for over two hours on Tuesday in a protest against poor public transport.
Colombia’s Constitutional Court overturned a 2012 ban on bullfighting in Bogota on Wednesday amidst a drawn-out battle between the government, animal rights activists, and bullfighters.
Dissatisfied residents of Arroyo de Piedra, Atlantica, in the coastal region near famous Colombia tourist city Cartagena, have blocked a major highway in protest against a lack of government response…