While Colombia’s western province of Choco agreed to end 11 days of anti-government protests, violence in the neighboring Buenaventura is escalating. Both Choco and Buenaventura, Colombia’s largest port city, have embarked…
After more than a week of protests, the people of Buenaventura on Wednesday took to blocking the country’s largest port, allowing not one truck to either enter or leave. After…
Hundreds of thousands of Colombia’s state employees laid down work and took to the streets in all Colombia’s major cities on Thursday, increasing pressure on the government to attend their…
A rural community along Colombia’s border with Venezuela protested the beginning of oil exploration efforts, saying it puts the area’s already scarce water resources at risk. The protesters organized outside the…
Schools, public transport and shops in west Colombia resumed activities on Thursday after government promises to end chronic state neglect in the Pacific Choco province. The locals went on a massive…
Coca growers in the south of Colombia have been on strike for almost a month, claiming the government is eradicating crops without providing substitute crops as promised. The protests have been…
President Juan Manuel Santos’ controversial handling of escalating protests in west Colombia is severely harming his ability to successfully promote a fiercely contested peace deal with leftist FARC rebels. While the president and his…
Inhabitants of the impoverished Choco province in west Colombia have gone on strike and vow not to return to work until the national government takes action to curb rampant state…
One man was shot by the military when thousands of locals from towns across the south of Colombia took to the streets on Monday claiming that fracking activities by foreign and local…