West Colombia province strikes to demand end to rampant state neglect
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…
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…
For the 13th time in 15 years, Colombia’s truckers went on strike. This time, things have gone violent. Here’s why. The truckers are primarily angrily because, according to the protesters,…
After 37 days of failed negotiations between the Colombia’s government and truckers, frustrated truck drivers began blocking roads and the government ordered the military to take action. The truckers have…
Union workers at Colombia’s Cerro Matoso nickel mine ditched plans to strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal on pay increases and benefits, the company and union said, averting potential…
Rural organizations and the government said late Saturday they have agreed to de-escalate mass protests over the country’s economic policy that have shut down parts of the country.
Workers at Colombia’s Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine, the world’s second largest, have authorized a strike beginning June 14. Just the announcement of the strike authorization was enough to provoke a…
Approximately 7,000 “community mothers” began an indefinite strike on Monday, amid ongoing concerns over the deteriorating humanitarian situation of the poorest of Colombia’s children.
Nationwide protests targeting the Colombian government’s economic and social policies took place on Thursday without unrest, with the exception of Bogota where at least three were injured in clashes.
Colombia’s largest labor unions and a myriad of social and student organizations begun a major national strike on Thursday, citing major nonconformity with the government’s socio-economic policies.