Truckers end roadblocks, continue strike
Colombian truckers agree to stop disrupting traffic in Bogota, but will continue their strike after a second round of failed talks with the government over fixed freight rates. Colombia’s Transport…
Colombian truckers agree to stop disrupting traffic in Bogota, but will continue their strike after a second round of failed talks with the government over fixed freight rates. Colombia’s Transport…
Antiriot police began assembling Wednesday in front of striking Colombian truckers, who for three days have been causing major traffic jams by setting up roadblocks on this capital city’s main…
Colombian truckers decided to continue their two-week strike after talks with the vice president on Tuesday about maintaining fixed freight rates led to no immediate results. Vice President Angelino Garzon said he…
Colombian truckers have been blocking important roads in the capital Bogota since Monday afternoon to put pressure on the government to meet their demands regarding minimum freight rates. The Bogota…
An ongoing truckers srike in Colombia has cost the country $140 million so far, say employers. According to the president of the National Association of Road Cargo Transport Companies (Asecarga),…
A horrific bus crash on a highway north of Bogota, Colombia, leaves four dead and 15 injured Wednesday morning, reports Radio Santa Fe. The driver of the Aguila company bus…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos calls for the Truckers Association of Colombia to end their strike, saying that the disruption benefits no one, RCN Radio reported Tuesday. “I reiterate a call…
Approximately 80 Bogota merchants who vandalized a station of the Colombian capital’s mass transit system Transmilenio could be charged with terrorism, said the Bogota Police commissioner, General Francisco Patiño Saturday.…
Colombian truckers began a strike Thursday to protest against government reforms of freight rates. Some 180,000 truckers reportedly parked their vehicle around midnight after weeks of negotiations between the government…