According to reports from organizers and government forces, protests during the first five days of Colombia’s coordinated national strikes produced two deaths, 175 arrests and countless injuries to person and…
Colombia’s ministers of agriculture and the interior joined a diplomatic mission to Tunja, the capital of Boyaca on Thursday, to negotiate with protest leaders and attempt to calm the most…
Health workers, coffee farmers, truckers, university teachers, rice growers, sugar cane cutters, peasants in Putumayo and miners are currently involved in the largest public demonstration since 2008, and the largest…
One million people took part in the first day of anti-government protests on Monday, according to strike organizers who expect an even bigger turnout on Tuesday when teachers and health…
An accumulation of strikes and anti-government protests that kicked off throughout Colombia on Monday reportedly began with violence, roadblocks and arrests in several others.
Seven people have died and four were left injured after the driver of a pick-up truck lost control of his vehicle after being attacked by protesting miners, authorities in northern…
Ongoing negotiations between Colombia’s government and small and medium-sized mining companies are complicated over the issue of formalizing recently started mining projects, the government said Monday.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday said that possible dialogue with peasants from the Catatumbo region must be “without any restrictions.”
Colombian miners’ union Conalmineracol on Sunday welcomed talks with the government after intervention by the UN human rights council.