Tag: social protests


Colombia continues mass arrest of social leaders, protest organizers
Colombia’s police stepped up the arrest of rural community leaders and urban government...
The wars for Colombia’s cocaine containers | Part 1: Buenaventura
Homicides in Buenaventura have surged amid the latest turf war over who controls the Pacific port...
Colombia braces for new day of protests
Colombia’s defense minister said Wednesday that he would deploy both the National Police and...
Colombia’s anti-government protesters facing legal and death threats
While Colombia’s prosecution is trying to get alleged leaders of anti-government protests in...
Colombia arrested 134 anti-government activists in one week
Colombia’s defense minister said Monday that 134 alleged anti-government government...
Colombia downplays number of victims of violence during protests
Local authorities have reported considerably more victims of violence during Colombia’s...
Where is Colombia’s ‘clear evidence’ of terrorist plot during protests?
Colombia’s National Police chief on Thursday claimed to have “clear evidence”...
Colombia insists anti-government protests are national security threat
The increasingly authoritarian regime of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque implied that...
Colombia’s anti-government protests continue without strike organizers
Anti-government protests continued throughout Colombia on Wednesday despite calls by strike...
Colombia searching for 84 people who were ‘disappeared’ during protests
Colombia’s prosecution said Wednesday that it was investigating the disappearance of 84...
OAS team investigating Colombia’s violent repression of protests
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) arrived in Colombia on Sunday to investigate...
Talks to end Colombia’s anti-government protests collapse
Social leaders who are at the forefront of ongoing anti-government protests on Sunday ended...
