As part of a broader government effort to promote its compliance with Colombia’s striking agricultural sector, Minister of the Interior Aurelio Iragorri Valencia announced that Tuesday will mark the start of…
Almost 50 thousand coffee producers will march in a third of Colombia’s departments Tuesday to protest the government’s “ignorance” of coffee price volatility. Caracol Radio reported that coffee growers are…
Colombia’s capital Bogota marched on Thursday for the “World Day for Decent Work,” organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in order to draw attention to the lack of what…
Protesters throughout Colombia’s major cities have taken to the streets demanding their voices be heard. Throughout Colombia’s largest cities such as Bogota, Medellin and Cali, various marches have commenced on…
Close to 100 people clashed with police at the University of Antioquia in Medellin, leaving one officer with an amputated leg. “In an act of terrorism one of the uniformed…
The FARC are planning to infiltrate social organizations and instigate popular protests, Colombia’s Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon claimed Wednesday. “For several months we have found proofs in objects seized…
Bogota’s Government Secretary Antonio Navarro Wolff said guerrilla groups are infiltrating Colombian universities, according to local media reports Monday. Navarro’s comments come after the death of a student in the…
A student has died from wounds inflicted by handmade explosives at university riots in the central Colombian city of Tunja. The 24 year-old sustained injuries to his face, abdomen, hips…
The railway line linking a major Colombian coal mine to the rest of the country is blocked by indigenous people angry about the lack of local teachers in their schools,…