Colombia’s strike wave begins with violence and roadblocks
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.
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.
The leftist political movement Marcha Patriotica, one of the organizers of a national strike called for Monday, said Sunday that police is impeding protesters to travel to where protests are…
After remaining largely quiet over the past month regarding upcoming national labor protests, President Juan Manuel Santos and his administration hardened their rhetoric heading into the weekend before Monday’s strikes…
For thousands of small and medium-scale miners who have been on strike throughout Colombia since the middle of July, Monday will be a day more or less similar to any…
Organizers expect at least 15,000 workers throughout Colombia’s public hospital system to join a national strike on Monday, according to the president of the national health workers union (ANTHOP).
A neo-paramilitary group on Wednesday sent out a pamphlet in northern Colombia, threatening to kill anyone who joins a national strike called for Monday.
Four days away from what is potentially the first display of nationally organized peasant protests in Colombia’s history, the government has yet to make any inroads toward negotiating a substantive…
Colombia’s coffee growers will not lay down work completely during the unified national strikes that kick off on Monday. According to a strike leader, the growers do not want to further harm…
Talks between Colombia’s government and striking miners once again broke down on Tuesday, increasing the chances that the mining protests in the north and west of the country will coincide…