Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos ordered his ministers to continue talks with agricultural representatives after Monday saw mass demonstrations by farmers grip the country’s capital Bogota.
Approximately 30,000 Colombian farmers and rural protesters took to the streets of Bogota Monday demanding the government fulfill previous promises and take steps to address the dire conditions facing the…
Local commerce in the largest port on Colombia’s Pacific coast ground to a halt Wednesday as business owners closed their storefronts and joined citizens protesting the city’s escalating violence, according…
The prospect of another nationwide strike is looming in Colombia’s near future, as the nation’s agriculture sector continues to face what the minister of agriculture recently referred to as “disastrous”…
Speaking to demonstrators in the Colombian capital, Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro called for new protests for next week, promising changes to the public transportation system, according to national media.
Violence against human rights defenders in Colombia rose 2.4% between 2012 and 2013, according to the online human rights publication “D for Defense.”
The Colombian Foreign Ministry has joined a number of nations across the world in expressing “deep” concerns over the recent violent clashes that has gripped the eastern European country of…
Around 2,000 protesters marched in the western Colombian city of Cali Wednesday, calling for changes in the city’s mass transit system, according to a spokesperson for the demonstration.
Some 65 Colombian nationals were deported from Venezuela on Monday, claiming mistreatment at the hands of Venezuelan authorities, reported Colombian media sources.