Colombia’s human rights defenders and community leader continue to suffer widespread aggression despite government promises to curb the violence, according to a human rights organization. In it’s annual report, NGO…
Racial discrimination in Colombia wasn’t a criminal offense until 2011 after a centuries-long history of white supremacy that persists until this day. The concept of white supremacy was introduced by…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque-proposed to use the euphemism “collective homicide” instead of “massacre,” but was ignored after two particularly violent weeks. Duque coined the euphemism used by the military earlier…
Despite efforts to decrease hate crimes against women in Colombia, at least 36 woman and six girls were murdered so far, according to Bogota news website 070. The student newspaper’s…
Colombia’s teachers began a two-day strike on Thursday in rejection of the ongoing killings of colleagues, death threats and stigmatization by the far-right. Teachers union Fecode announced the strike earlier…
At least two people were killed when hundreds of fights and riots broke out in Colombia on Sunday after the national team defeated Poland at the World Cup soccer. According…