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…
Colombia’s agricultural minister Francisco Estupiñan will not be resigning over ongoing unrest among farmers, his spokesman said on Thursday.
As waves of strikes continue across Colombia, teachers’ union Fecode threatens that it too may go on strike in September.
Colombia’s Health Ministry placed hospitals and hospital staff nationwide on special alert in case of an “emergency situation” resulting from ongoing protests across the country.
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…
An underwhelming 3,000 protesters descended on Bogota’s central square on Tuesday to speak out against President Juan Manuel Santos’ economic policies and the conditions of the State’s public health programs.
The first day of anti government protests, in which hundreds of thousands took to the streets, are resulting in substantial traffic delays on the road. Aviation authorities said the situation…
The first day of farmer protests that mobilized hundreds of thousands of Colombia’s agrarian workers on Monday were “not of the expected magnitude,” said President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday.
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…