Following weeks of protests, Colombia’s government and student representatives reached agreement on investment in the country’s chronically underfunded public education system. Both President Ivan Duque and the student organizations said…
Police allegedly attacked protesters as more than half a million people, mainly students, took to the streets for the largest protest calling for more public university funding this year. During…
Students, teachers, indigenous peoples and labor unions around Colombia are set to take the capital Bogota on Wednesday in what could be the largest protest yet against President Ivan Duque…
Thousands of students took to the streets again on Wednesday to demand increased education funds, while negotiations with the government over budget gaps resumed. For the fifth consecutive week, students…
Students peacefully protesting to demand increased funding for Colombia’s chronically underfunded higher education were violently attacked by police on Thursday. As tens of thousands of students, teachers, indigenous peoples and…
Colombia’s students said they would continue protesting for increased education budgets despite death threats and violence that broke out during protests on Thursday. The police attacks and vandalism broke out…
Student protests across Colombia descended into violence after hooded individuals attacked police and police attacked students. Students across the country marched through streets, but violence was reported in Bogota and…
I was one of the thousands of students who took to the streets yesterday to protest about the financial crisis in higher education. We wanted to make our voices heard…
Colombia’s government and striking student announced Wednesday that they have agreed to negotiate an increase in funds to close the budget gap in higher education It took the two opposing…