Public university students will continue their nation-wide strike to protest against the proposed privatization of higher education in Colombia, a student collective announced Monday. Colombia’s National Student Round Table (Mane),…
Student leaders have accused authorities of lying about the cause of death of the Cali student who was killed Wednesday by an explosion at the protests against education reforms. In…
Student protests against education reform in three Colombian cities left 22 people injured Wednesday, W Radio reported. Hundreds of students took to the street, clashing with authorities in Cali, Neiva…
Colombia’s Vice President Angelino Garzon said Wednesday that open social dialogue between the state and civil society is the only way to achieve peace, not through violent confrontation. The vice…
An Argentine man is suspected of being the brains behind left wing guerrilla group FARC’s alleged attempts to infiltrate student protests, according to Colombia’s police force. Police say that 35…
The suspected FARC leader accused of inciting violence during last month’s student protests in the capital is captured by National Police, reported El Espectador. Johan Andres Niño Calderon, alias “Rene,” the…
A video of a Medellin police officer hitting a girl with his baton after a student protests Thursday surfaced on YouTube Friday causing outrage on internet forums. The video shows…
Engineering student Claudia Vanessa Clavache, 19, received second and third degree burns to 80% of her body and died of respiratory failure following the March 31 bomb blast in the…
Guerrilla groups such as the FARC and ELN intend to provoke violence during student protests at national universities, according to Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS reported Caracol Radio Wednesday. Intelligence officials…