Student leaders argue that university education in Colombia can be free, public and of a high quality, reported Caracol Radio Monday. According to student leader Sergio Fernandez, free education will…
Classes at Colombia’s public universities resumed classes Thursday after student leaders called off a month-long boycott which forced the government to withdraw proposed education reforms. Student leaders have said that,…
Colombia’s Congress has voted to withdraw the government’s controversial higher education reform bill, in a resounding victory for student protesters. Students, who have been on strike for five weeks against…
Colombian congressmen announced on Tuesday their decision to effectively withdraw a controversial education reform, in order to put an immediate end to student protests. House representative Wilson Gomez declared that…
Colombian and Chilean students have come together in an attempt to spread their protest across Latin America. The protesters, who in both countries are demanding their governments improve higher education,…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has urged student protesters to go back to school, following four weeks of strikes which have paralyzed universities across the country. President Santos wrote on…
Colombian students on Sunday vowed end a month-long strike, but under conditions, a student representative told Caracol Radio following a meeting of the national student council. According to student representative…
Former Vice President of Colombia, Francisco Santos, formally apologized Friday for saying that the state should use tasers to control student protesters. The ex-vice president, who is currently working as…
Colombian ex-Senator Piedad Cordoba has congratulated student protesters and warned them not to fall for the president’s “trick”. Addressing a crowd of thousands in Plaza de Bolivar, where protesters gathered…